Spring Gobbler Season

[Jared Gricoskie]

On a Photo Safari in Rocky Mtn Nat Park we spotted a flock of turkeys. This tom turned for a second and put on a show for us.

I went for a semi pano crop, but I kept the tree on the right as the branches to the left of it were really distracting as a border.

D200, 300mm f5.6, ISO 500, Handheld, cloned out some grass across the breast.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great job on the comp, and good of you in recognizing the need to keep the tree at right - it also anchors the image nicely. Good low angle, and the displaying pose is perfect. Maybe warming it up a bit, or adding a tiny bit of saturation could help liven it up. I might actually crop a bit at left to eliminate the space between tree and edge.

[Bill McCrystyn]

A walk in the woods. Sweet. Conjures up "wild habitat" at a glance. A striking image against the BG. If you could afford it I would try cropping slightly more off the left to see a differant balance. What was your shutter speed on this?

[Jared Gricoskie]

Sorry, missed the shutter speed, 1/160, every other shot was out of focus hand held. I did saturate the bird, but not the background. I may add more red and yellow to liven up the BG though.

I also played with the left side of the crop a bit, but with that tree on the left it looked odd to me being just half a tree trunk leaning over that much. Maybe just my point of view, but I didn't want to put him between two trees for the framing on each side.

Thanks for the comments!

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice environmental, where the bird stands proud. Nice compo, with the right framing elements and space all around.

[Chris Dodds]

Gorgeous environmental image. I don't think I would take anything from the left, that space to the left of the tree there gives it a sense of scale. Great job with the low angle. I might just warm it up a little.