You have a lovely light here... the BG could be cleaner as is very distracting. I would love to see more room in front of the bird. You did well with the exposure, keeping nice details in your main subject.
This has super color and BG. I would perhaps crop a little below the ‘dead’ leaf on the top just hanging there, and also just above the little clutter in the bottom left corner. Though that way I think it will be maybe a a tad too squarish and I personally am not a big square person. However, more room in front of your bird would be nice and that could avoid the square-ish appearance. But at the end, the square really is not an issue I don't think.
Last edited by Ákos Lumnitzer; 01-05-2008 at 09:12 PM.
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I like it but would like it better with a little less saturation and with the leaf at the top cloned out. Good job waiting for the necessary head turn.
later and love, artei
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Excellent exposure, pose, details... but the top of the branch is too busy imho... but sometimes there is nothing you can do about this unless you do a setup.
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