I saw some kids feeding swans near the edge of the river, while on my way to catch the river boat to the Windsor races. The swans were swarming around, and as I happened to have my camera with me, I took a few shots. I particularly liked this one goven the leading lines of the beaks to the single bird (in fact to the bread behind the single bird). Bit of fiddling in PS to make the image a bit more gritty (I quite like this look).
File Name
IMG_7257.JPG
Camera Model
Canon EOS 20D
Shooting Date/Time
06/06/2005 16:36:03
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/8000
Av( Aperture Value )
1.8
Metering Mode
Center-Weighted Average Metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
200
Lens
50.0 mm
Focal Length
50.0 mm
Image Size
3504x2336
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance Mode
Auto
AF Mode
One-Shot AF
Parameters Settings
Contrast Standard
Sharpness Standard
Color saturation Standard
Color tone 0
Color Space
sRGB
Noise Reduction
Off
File Size
2195 KB
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i think the picture would have been better if you would have put your main subject as a bigger part of the picture. Then it would not really need the title for the effect.
Love the framing. The DOF is great. And what luck they're all looking at your soloist. I wonder what it would look like with the color punched back up, though.
I really love the composition of this image, the DOF...the more I look at this the more I really really like it..the pretty subtle light...I wonder if you are getting an comments about " no point of focus" or "too busy"...both of which would be absolutely absurd...that's it...I'm saving this to my favorites.
Yes, I like it - the tilt and the slight desaturation help to emphasize their expressions. the beaks form nice leading lines - all point to the accused with the curved neck.
what maked this photo interesting is how they are all looking at that one in the bottom right corner, but somehow your framing doesn't seem to emphasize the same swan. just my 2 cents
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