Flight formation

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Three mute swans from the south coast of Sweden early a spring morning.

-- Hakan Liljenberg (coracias@hotmail.com), September 14, 1999

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I like the shot. I would have cropped the bottom closer to the bottom bird on the right - just as you did for the top bird on the right - more of a 3:1 ratio.

-- sheldon hambrick (shambric@us.oracle.com), September 14, 1999.

Thank you sheldon for your views. I have not cropped it below the birds because I think one get more of a flying feeling if there are some space below the birds. When I take pictures of flying birds or bird perched in a tree I usually place them high in the picture. Hakan

-- Hakan Liljenberg (coracias@hotmail.com), September 14, 1999.

I agree with Sheldon, I cropped it on my screen and it has an appealing panoramic feel to it. Are the birds sharp in the slide/neg? They look just a little fuzzy in the post, still a very good shot. Pat

-- pat j. krentz (krentz@cci-29palms.com), September 15, 1999.

I love the feel and the freedom of the image. The image can look good both ways, cropped and uncropped. I like it uncropped as is. Thanks for sharing.

-- Bahman Farzad (exposeit-right@spotmetering.com), September 15, 1999.

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