Camera Model Canon EOS 30D
Firmware Firmware 1.0.5
Shooting Date/Time 03/27/07 006:00
Owner's Name unknown
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100
Av( Aperture Value ) 13.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF300mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length 300.0mm
Image Size 3504x2336
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
Picture Style Standard
Sharpness 3
Contrast 0
Saturation 0
Color tone 0
Color Space Adobe RGB
Noise Reduction Off
A striking image, nicely exposed, I like being able to see the feet.
It needs more space to the left. In fact, I think it would be better as more of a horizontal crop if possible, because of the pattern in the background. It is interesting to look at, but it does tend to distract from the bird.
A bit of head turn our way would help too.
Do you have others from this series? It would be interesting to see what a lower shooting angle would have done to the background.
I don't think I have any more of this series. The original is wider and I cropped it down. This part of my education here. I guess I always thought focus on the animal and forgot about the other aspects that balance the image. Had the same good feedback on a few other images. Here is the original. I can clean up some of those white specs behind the bird.
I certainly prefer this crop. The background is still a bit distracting, and the splash draws the eye, but overall I like this better.
Don't feel bad about cropping issues. Unlike Artie, who is so good he sees the crop in ".1" second for most pictures, I often ponder them, and sometimes change my mind.
I think I may have cropped it because it went nowhere for quite a while on another POTD site I submit to. After a while you begin to wonder what you can do to it. I know the judges view 300 images per day for a category and only one wins. Unfortunately catching a judges eye is just as important as quality. Not only that is will they remember it. Brightest lure catches the fish. Well not always.You have a better chance at POTM as you are up against only 30 images. Now quality is big factor. But this is great. I have learned a lot in a short time.
Next lesson: go to Educational Resources and check out the Head Angle Police thread.
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