Captured this Dove on my wall one morning
Canon 40D
Canon 400mm 5.6 with 1.4 TC
Canon 580EXII flash
ISO 200
F8
1/250 sec
spot metering
manual mode
on tripod
Not sure I like the comp or head angle here. Wall perch dictates "Hand of man" forum. The image has potential if you could set the bird higher and if you have another with the bird looking up.
Hi Tom, Yes, HOM. I love the vegetation and the flowers and the BKGR and the soft light. As John said, you needed to point the lens a bit so as to include more of the wall. (As walls go, it is not too bad.) You needed at least to start the wall in the L-L-C but I would have included another inch or so more than that for better balance. As is, the image is bottom heavy. Moving one big step to the left would have separated the bird's head from the nearby leaf and eliminated the merge (again mentioned by John) of the bill and the side of the far breast.
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