help

[Giovanni Frescura]

Hello
I need your help and a tip about this shoot
I m not sure that is could be nice .
It is a little crop but the eye is not so visible
What you think about ?
Thanks
Canon 1D Mark IV
Canon 500 f.4 Is
1/5000
f.5,8
iso 2000

[Doug West]

I think it could work. You'll just have to work on some
different cropping options.

The first thing I'd do is crop most of the bottom off and bring
the bird near the bottom of the frame.

Then I'd crop a little off the left.

Then crop some off the right so it still has enough space.

The big question is the top. The branches/greenery are to distracting
and should be cropped off. That should leave you enough space on
top.

After doing that clone out the green reflection. You might also have to
clone out the reflection of the branches.

Doug

[John Chardine]

Hi Giovanni- Here's a possible crop. I think this is what Doug was suggesting but maybe I took it a bit further. I rotated the image a little to make the circle of ripples level. I think the problem with cropping to this extent could be the image quality but if have it in the original then give it a try.

[Marina Scarr]

That is one mad bird!!! I like John's crop better since it better showcases your bird and its behavior.