Last year I focussed mainly on wildlife and this year it's back to birds again. We had some extraordinary good weather over the past days and it was great to spend such a long time in the field again. Yesterday, Krijn and I went out to photograph bearded tits. Unfortunately they weren't cooperating so went to the beach...and I'm glad we did. Great oppertunities for purple sandpipers, turnstones and these little sanderlings.
Love the pose of the one on the right; was he getting ready to poop? Or did he poop already. The second bird balances the COMP nicely. Love the light, the low angle, the raised foot, the BKGR, and the line just below the feet. You cannot do it much better than this.
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Ah yes.....you showed this to me yesterday and I loved it then. Post-processed it looks even better! Really good eye to shoot them both in a different plane of focus, of course the sanderlings helped with these nice poses. The only thing I would try if you didn't do this already is too look if taking a smidge of the right or adding a bit to the left would balance this even more (as there is more room on the right of the right bird than on the left of the left one). Had an awesome day! Speak to you soon buddy!
The opposite poses of the Sanderlings look great. Superb low angle too. There are only two things I'd do: tone down the darkish spot below the far bird's butt, and apply noise reduction to the lower part of the image. Otherwise fantastic!! :-)
This is really nice Jasper. The low angle and light are fabulous and I love the deep blue "ground". But I have a question for you and others- I would be hesitant about an image in which an OOF subject is so prominent, in this case mainly because of the size of the left hand bird. Would it be better if both birds were in focus or is this what makes this image so good, of course in juxtaposition with the focussed subject?
Having them both in focus would be an option too...that is the artistical freedom and preference of the photographer. From an artistic point of view I think this is way more interesting, and makes the photograph. However...having them both in focus would make a wonderful natural history photograph as well. There is not one way to photograph a subject...that is the cool thing about photography.
Lovely photo Jasper. In particular I like the pose of the bird on the right; it looks like it's taking a bow. I would remove the dark spot behind the legs of the bird on the left.
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