Swan's C&C

Nforce

I took these a little while back...only got around to taking them off the camera now. Minimal PP done on them,mainly due to the fact that my photoshop computer is in the midst of a rebuild. Let me know what you think,good or bad...all replies welcome

xia

I really like #3. And even though the other swans are very close to the main one they don't really distract.
The others have too much going on. Mainly because the backround doesn't look like DOF more like shaking so first I tried to figure out what was in the backround and only later looked at the swan.
For #1 I think I would get rid of the duck on the right.

Fionn

the first two are set at a rakish angle - was that on purpose?
maybe if the shore line was straightened, or perhaps cropped out, pity you didn't get the full reflection in the foreground - thats always a pleasing effect. in 3 the dof is a little off, it might have been nicer if the foreground swan was totally in focus. Image looks a little flat too.
In photoshop maybe if the contrast was set to about 25 or so it'd improve the overall look too and I'd dodge out a little bit of the eye to get a catch light there.
if you want i'll show you what i mean.
Good efforts all the same

smash

Head down to Bray harbour any day of the week