Being only a couple minutes from Point Pelee National Park I've been spending quite a bit of time looking for the migration to start coming through. This Saturday week had a few different warblers, gnatcatcher,Thrushes,Flickers and Flycatcher along with all the local birds.
They don't stay still very long so here is one of my photos of a Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher.
Oh yeah looking forward to meeting Arthur Morris in person in May.
He looks like he is posed to blast off. Well exposed, pretty sharp too.
There appears to be some left overs from post processing. The perch just to the right of the bird looks a bid odd in regards to its color, and there is a halo around that area too.
There is a small white line across the top of the twig to the left of the bird.
From a composition standpoint, perhaps a bit too centered. Because of his pose, I might crop a bit off the right and top as well. That would decenter him, and perhaps give the impression of more room to leap into.
It will be a treat meeting Artie. Lots to learn from him.
I like the pose of the bird. The exposure looks good and the head appears sharp. The placement of the bird in the center wouldn't be my first choice but is a personal choice. If it were mine I might see how it would look with the blue desaturated a bit. I also see some dark marks down in the right-hand corner around your signature. There is a white line that runs from the twig down into the lower-left hand corner; is this a spider web? One last observation, the branch just above the bird has a section that appears to have a blue cast/lighter than the rest of the branch.
Its a bad habit I have gotten into with placing the bird in the photo, when I place him using the third rule I look at the photo and see too much space so the next thing I'm doing is moving the bird and of course it ends up in the center.
I'm going to have to force myself to leave where its at.
I find it a touch too blue as is. Nice subject though, if anything the angle of view appears a little steep. Regarding composing, you can always crop a little in the post process. Often I also center a subject and crop later as I find the center AF point of my 30D to be best.
You'll love Artie. Though I never met him, we exchanged quite a few e-mails over the past years and his teachings are second to none. Take your thinking cap! :)
Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
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