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Challenge: The Four Elements IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4.0G IF-ED
Location: Battle Creek, Mi
Date: Mar 19, 2015
Aperture: F4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/4000
Date Uploaded: Mar 19, 2015

Not much open water yet in Michigan...so the water foul tend to congregate in the open water patches. There was a lot of water action going on here....

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 64
Avg (all users): 6.0588
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.0833
Avg (non-participants): 6.0313
Views since voting: 354
Views during voting: 132
Votes: 68
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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07/23/2015 04:22:54 PM
*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*

A great action shot that meets the challenge

Your element of choice for the challenge is water featuring a group of quarrelsome swans. I like the moment you have captured with the main bird in the process of taking to the air which also gives a feel for the additional element of air.

You have captured the main bird nice and sharp with a lovely wing shape giving it a real dynamic. Your title introduces a fun element in the suggestion that the bird is dancing on the water, its always good to make your viewer smile.

There are a couple of things that I would have done differently, the first is to use a slower shutter speed which would make the drops and splashed water less defined and obvious, I think 2 stops slower would be better, it would also introduce some motion blur in the wingtips which gives it more of dynamic feel. The other is the composition, I get the feel that your panoramic crop is done to include the bird on the left to show the aggression and its response of flight? As an image I think it would work better if he were excluded but you may well totally disagree with that.

All in all, a competent image that has been well appreciated here with a respectable score and several positive comments so well done, Sid
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/29/2015 05:43:07 PM
Lovely!
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03/29/2015 05:14:27 PM
Good use of crop (I think), really emphasize the size of these magnificent birds.
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03/25/2015 10:32:45 PM
Treading water, this is funny and a fun image
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03/23/2015 05:50:54 PM
I love the action and that the main bird is sharp.
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03/23/2015 12:20:10 AM
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