Tundra swans and RP

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This is a large crop, 20% of full frame. Unfortunately these magnificent swans don’t get too close to the road at the wetland preserve. I like the colors and the grouping of the birds.

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Hi David, Nice placement of the swans in the frame and good separation between them. For me personally the bright foreground is a bit distracting. If it were mine, I would probably desaturate it a bit.

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I agree way too sat, but here is RP

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Lovely shot of these birds in their environment. The repost is much better (i.e. more natural) imho. Cheers, Hans

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Lovely shot. I really like the composition, the environment and no over lap. Repost looks good.

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Nice catch of the formation flight! And a lovely environment. I like the idea of including the FG, and like the RP. The ones down here also stay well back from the roads.

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Nice capture and good timing to get a pleasing wing position and separation. The re-post seems more natural and it’s nice to have both the foreground and background elements. In the largest version it looks as if there may be some cloning artifacts and some haloing around the swans in spots.