Last week I caught these two American coots in a struggle and very quickly snapped off a dozen pictures. A birdwatcher nearby said it was two males fighting over the female who watched; the winner and the "prize" quickly swam away. I do not know if that analysis is correct; I had never seen the behavior before. In any case, I liked the image very much, and I set about to make it look more presentable. I found that to be quite difficult. I did make a variety of adjustments, but, obviously, I can use help on this one. Should I make the red eyes brighter, is the overall image bright enough and sharp enough, do you see noise, etc.?
Hi Wendell,
I like the action captured here. I would crop tighter, making it into a pano. This will put all of the attention and focus on the event at hand. The subjects are in the middle of the frame; it works here using the pano crop. The water is sloped to the left; it needs a little bit of CW rotation. The subject could use selective sharpening around the eye area. as far as noise goes, I really don't see any. You can also try lightening the water just a tad to see how it looks. Exposure wise, its fine with me...:cool:
Fight
