Ed Vatza
01-03-2008, 07:02 AM
Hopefully the learning continues! :)
In two of my image critique posts (Harlequin Duck and Ruddy Turnstone), I received comments regarding head turn. Here are the two comments.
"A more pronounced head turn your way would have improved the image, making it more pleasing to the eye and most important, placing the eye and the tip of the bill on the same plane, thus yielding more sharpness in the latter."
"We need another head turn here..."
I took this advice to heart. Then I went back and looked through my "Best of Species" album and realized that I was lucky if I had a small handful of images where the birds head was turned in the way I think the reviewers are referring to (head turn more toward me). First off, I don't generally like the full frontal (head on) view so it would have to be a more subtle turn. Second, most of the images that I made are profile images.
Then I started to look around at bird calendars and such things and realized that many (most) of those images also were more profile in nature and not with the head turn as I interpret it. Now obviously being on a calendar doesn't necessarily mean that they are great images. (Although I wouldn't mind having one of mine on a calendar! :D)
I am wondering what others think. And can you direct me to some classic examples of the kind of head turn we are talking about here.
Thanks!
Ed
In two of my image critique posts (Harlequin Duck and Ruddy Turnstone), I received comments regarding head turn. Here are the two comments.
"A more pronounced head turn your way would have improved the image, making it more pleasing to the eye and most important, placing the eye and the tip of the bill on the same plane, thus yielding more sharpness in the latter."
"We need another head turn here..."
I took this advice to heart. Then I went back and looked through my "Best of Species" album and realized that I was lucky if I had a small handful of images where the birds head was turned in the way I think the reviewers are referring to (head turn more toward me). First off, I don't generally like the full frontal (head on) view so it would have to be a more subtle turn. Second, most of the images that I made are profile images.
Then I started to look around at bird calendars and such things and realized that many (most) of those images also were more profile in nature and not with the head turn as I interpret it. Now obviously being on a calendar doesn't necessarily mean that they are great images. (Although I wouldn't mind having one of mine on a calendar! :D)
I am wondering what others think. And can you direct me to some classic examples of the kind of head turn we are talking about here.
Thanks!
Ed