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    Bill McCrystyn
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    20D 100-400L IS EFL640 @ ISO400 F/8 1/500 PARTIAL HANDHELD 100% CROP

    Hansome and somewhat regal herself, she awaits two suitors out of the frame. The late afternoon lighting gave a three dimensional quality to the tips of the primary feathers.

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    Nice pose but the steep angle and heavy crop are less than ideal. The plumage looks rather soft on my monitor.

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    Fabs Forns
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    Hi Bill, I don't understand 100% crop, do you mean un-cropped?

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    Jody Melanson
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    I like the coloured BG. The BG however is very noisy and the branches in the BG, I find rather distracting. Agree with Axel on other points....

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    Bill McCrystyn
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    Sorry guys, by 100% I mean I either zoom to 100% and crop that screen or use the rectangle marque tool and ruler and cut out a 12x18 part of the image to edit and print from. This may account for my "softness" and "noise" allot of times. As Artie once said "that's a huge crop". At 61 / 270 lbs I either need to get much bigger glass (the plan) or wear more camo. :) Your critiques are correct and appreciated and are making me aware I need to make some changes. Thank you.

    As far as the steep angle I have had this critiqued before and in many cases is just an art preferance I implore. No offense but I think thirds and off center are nice "rules of thumb" but not a hard and fast rule. In my opinion a flying bird on top of the frame with sky below sometimes looks better than above. It's all perspective and personal taste. On these matters I usually defer to my son in his 4th year at the University of North Texas in Art and Commercial Graphics who "generally" :) agrees with my framing. No PP has been applied to the image below.
    Last edited by Bill McCrystyn; 01-29-2008 at 02:50 PM.

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    Bill McCrystyn
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    Does anyone think I should have left this frame whole "uncropped" and that it would stand on it's own. "Subjective" opinions welcome. :) I think sometimes I try to crop in too close and tight with 8 mega pixels (yes I'm in awe of Jims 100-400mm images) and ruin, the pardon me, shot.
    Last edited by Bill McCrystyn; 01-29-2008 at 12:55 PM.

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