Panasonic DMC-FZ18, handheld (IS), 60 mm (360 mm DSLR equivalent), ISO-100, F/4.5, 1/50 sec, pattern metering, EC -0.7, RAW. Edited with Silkypix and Corel Photopaint. Minor PP: cropping, increased sharpness and selectively increased contrast on the eye.
This Griffon vulture in our nearby zoo assumed a classic cartoon vulture position (crooked neck and all) when I was taking some pictures. Because of the distracting BG, I zoomed in on it, but ended up with just half a bird in my frame. Trying to make the best of it, I cropped the frame further so that the bird nearly completely fills the frame. HA is not perfect (showing part of the other eye which may be distracting) and because I wanted to keep the eye in the "rule of thirds" hotspot in the UL corner, I ended up with some BG in that corner. I don't find it too distracting, but I'm not sure if it is a big no-no compositionwise. All in all, I was pretty pleased with the result. I love those big, detailed feathers on these birds! C&C very welcome!
- Jerry -
(PS. I noticed that I lost a lot of detail in the compression process for getting it to posting requirements)







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