Hi Congrats on the new lens and what a beauty - 800mm :)
Finding your subject in the viewfinder can be a problem - one of the reasons I like my sigmonster - lets me zoom out to 300mm to find the subject :)
Think I would crop some from the top and RHS - a little to much negative space for my personal tastes.
Hi Atanu,
First of all, a warm welcome to the BPN family, and congratulations on your new toy...:D
I totally agree with Mr. Peters' assessment...I would have liked to have seen the bird bigger in frame, and the subject turned toward you...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
I sort of like the bird as presented and might take a little from the left and bottom. My biggest wish was for the bird to be evenly illuminated, got some dark areas. Bg is interesting.
btw if you thin it was fun finding the bird .... try on in flight !!! :)
Nice shot and NICE LENS! I agree with most of the above. I would however, add a little canvas to the left (as the tail is too close to the border) and I would come in on the right.
Rules are made to be broken. However, I usually can find a good composition when I start with the rule of 1/3ds. Putting the subject's most important feature, eye, head, whatever, as close to one of the outside intersection points just seems to make the image pop for me. When I had my own darkroom, the first thing I did with the image was to view it on a paper that I had drawn the 1/3 grid lines on. That would guide me in making the final alignment judgements. I break the rule alot. However, starting there I then adjust until I find the right image.
You have a lot of open space to work with on the composition. Play with it and I think you can find a more pleasing arrangement.
As for finding the bird, I start by sighting down the barrel and hope for the best! ; > ) But as Al noted, it's a lot more tricky on the wing!
With great envy I wish you Good Luck and enjoy the toy!
Very clever composition. I like it as is. For me, what adds the most interest to this image is its depth -- lone
bird pecking away in the middle of this long sweep of bare ground. The short DoF and the longish foreground
and background convey that, so I wouldn't crop from top or bottom. The empty space to the right adds to
this impression, so I would leave that alone as well. In short, the image works. It ain't broke. Don't fix it.
Mark, looks like I need to use the lens the way people point a gun :). Thanks for the tip. Will give it a try this weekend. I did tried shooting flight with the lens handhold ( My old lens is the famed flight photo lens 400mm F5.6). Very very difficult. I need to practice out more.
Outing with my first super telephoto.
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