Golden-fronted Woodpecker female
all of tail is showing, less BG
Nikon D90
1/800 sec. at f / 9.0
ISO 400, 340 mm
tripod
All C & C greatly appreciated.
Just trying to improve.
Thanks in advance for looking and any reply.
C M
maybe third time is charm
Golden-fronted Woodpecker female
all of tail is showing, less BG
Nikon D90
1/800 sec. at f / 9.0
ISO 400, 340 mm
tripod
All C & C greatly appreciated.
Just trying to improve.
Thanks in advance for looking and any reply.
C M
Another nice woody!
He looks a little bit dark to me though. Maybe brighten him up a bit. But if
you do, watch the yellow, you don't want to burn that. Make sure you only
touch the bird and not brighten the background along with it. Doing this
should make the bird pop even more.
The next step might need a little more contrast and/or darken the blacks.
After that it might need a little sharpening.
Doug
Last edited by Doug West; 01-20-2015 at 06:33 AM.
Good points from Doug -- compare the brightness to your previous post. Since the bird is facing left, I would include just a little more of the tree. You want to give it room to look into, but you don't want the compositionally "heavy" tree to dominate.
I'd work on trying to position the camera (or the bird) so that it is facing just a little more toward you. The previous post was better in that regard. Easier said than done, but something to strive for. Sometimes a slight noise will get a glance from a bird.
Good shot! I agree with Doug, thought about the same things :)
Very sweet. Love the nut in beak. Great BG.
As an ETL person here.... would like to see your comments on others' photos too!
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I like this as is!
If I am posting pictures to get help.Originally Posted by Sandy Witvoet
How can I look at someone else picture and tell then what to do?
The only thing I could do is say “nice shot” and that would get old
Time after time.
C M
I think a better thing to do is, quiz yourself on the other images that are posted.
In other words, pick somebody's image. Then without looking at the other responses,
ask yourself what's right and what's wrong. Then watch the answers come in and see
how close you are.
Just remember that we all see something differently. So you might tell yourself, 'this
one is cropped to tight'...but a response might be the complete opposite. Who's right?
As far as I'm concerned, everybody is right because of our perception.
For example, I love my birds big in the frame. Most other photographers hate that,
but I'm not shooting for other photographers. I'm shooting for what my visitors love
to see and buy. Basically, us other bird photographers agree to disagree :)
So practice then jump in when you're ready. Trust me, something inside of you will
kick in and tell you when its the right time.
Doug
p.s. Nice shot :)
Last edited by Doug West; 01-26-2015 at 08:58 AM.
I echo what Doug said. You can almost always find something that strikes you as nice about an image, and something to question -- is the crop the best, too dark or light, contrast, etc etc. You learn by critique and that will teach you to look at your own images critically. Check the sticky at the top of this forum on critique. This is a safe place where people can practice learning.
The "nice shot" thing does get old, you're right.
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