Subject size and image quality

[Michael Yessik]

This is a follow-up to a post a couple of days ago. When you are too far away, and can't get closer, when is it worthwhile to take the shot? This case is a little more extreme, as I was very far away, and it is a very big crop. However, I found the behavior of the egret to be very interesting, and it was the only picture I could get. Does anyone else see anything worthwhile in this shot? Maybe think of it more of an abstract than a bird photograph. Maybe it's a landscape? What are your opinions?

[Doug West]

The image is a little soft, but I still like it.

The reason I like it is, it shows the bird in its environment.

Sometimes I think we as photographers put a little too much emphasis on
a clear background. Then again, that might just be me.

I think the best example is Art Morris had one of his photos
picked to appear in the NANPA book called Expressions on
page 19. It was a photo of a Great Egret in the Cypress Swamp.
The photo was basically 99.5% swamp and the Egret was the
size of a small ant.

Which to me, proves you can still have a great bird photograph
with a great environment surrounding it.

As far as what to call it...I've heard Art use the term birdscape.
Which to me means, part bird and part landscape.

Doug

[Ian McHenry]

Hi Michael
I really like the feather display.
If it were my pix I'd keep it in a "Hopefully again" folder and crop even tighter !!! LOL
Here is my take.
Ian Mc

[Gus Cobos]

Hey Michael,
Love the bird and the background; but he is a little too centered in the frame for my taste...:(
Try off centering him and see how you like it...:D

[Michael Yessik]

OK, I took both suggestions and cropped even more and moved the bird off-center. I do like it better.

[Ian McHenry]

Me too.
Nice job.
Ian Mc

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Michael

Nothing wrong with the big image When you have a small bird in frame about the only place you don't want him is in the center I moved the bird down and left toward the corner and cropped just a little bit

Rookeries are about the hardest place to photograph I always like going real tight or for the big image btw I like your crop and bird placement !!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Nice shot, I like what Al did with it.