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Long Billed Dowitcher
Ridgefield Wildlife Preserve from car
Canon 50D, 70-200 with 2x extender at 380mm
1/500 sec, f7.1, ISO 400
About 50% crop from original, and it shows
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Very sweet... Really like the little grasses and the subdued reflection. Do you have a tad bit of room to add to the top? Not sure, but maybe a bit more there and a bit less on the bottom. TFS, Jon!
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Hello Jon, you are right, the image sufferes from the crop. So how about considering a composition that loosens things up? The reflection is quite muddy and to me it doesn't add. I would agree with Sandy and crop from the bottom, and leave more room at the top and left side (as viewed). LOVE the grasses, they are a nice balancing element and even the water pattern is interesting. Once you recompose this, I'd work on the sharpening. I totally feel that there is a useable and pleasing image hiding in here, so let me know if there is anything that I can do to help find it!
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Nice! Since it's a large crop, I wouldn't mind more added back to the top and left, but as a lover of reflections, I'd leave the bottom as it is, especially since it's already a large crop. I might experiment with lightening the reflection a little.
The grasses and water texture are lovely, and different. You might be able to sharpen the bird a little, but I don't think the image quality is seriously lacking.
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Wow, Jon!! Excellent job on the repost. Composition is so personal and really in the end is a matter of what you, the artist, finds pleasing and wants to portray. My own taste regarding refections is that I love them when they are complete and nicely diffuse. (See my loon image in avain from a day or two ago to see what I'm talking about.) If this was mine, I might even try a pano with the bottom trimmed. All this is the fun of photography, playing around with stuff as you find pleasing. I still would like to see more sharpening on the bird, especially the head. But I LOVE The grasses and think that you have created a nice image. Good job.
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I like the added room here! Very nice!
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Excellent, Jon! The RP works for me too! Way ta go!
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