A Couple Swans and a Black Bird and a Finch

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I have been wandering through my LR catalog and found a couple trumpeter swans I shot in February 2017 that I have edited recently. I also have a blackbird I captured just the other day, and a finch from 5 years ago

1DX Mk II f 8 or 9, 1/500th ISO 200 Canon 100-400 v2

1DX Mk II f 8 or 9, 1/500th ISO 200 Canon 100-400 v2

1DX Mk II f9 1/1600th ISO 1000 Tamron 150-600 at 600

From the Galapagos Islands 2013 Panasonic GH3 f5.6 1/500th ISO 2000 Panasonic 100-300at 300

Comments and criticisms heartily encouraged

Paul, note that I shot these from their eye level or lower.......

Stumblebum

amazing clarity Jim! Great shots! For second shot, I would consider cropping out the dark band in bokeh all together...not needed in my view and distracting right now. cheers!

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Thank you Taz, I briefly thought about doing that and then promptly forgot it. Here is a revised version, maybe a bit better - certainly the dark blob at the bottom is gone. I also darkened the bright spot in the upper half of the frame - the background of this image, as shot, left a great deal to be desired. But I liked the dripping water droplet

Stumblebum

What's not to love! Cheers Jim!

edhughes

Great stuff Jim

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Hi Ed, welcome to dgrin.

Good to see you here, and thanks for the nice words.