Take a slice off the top, not too much, The high-key works very well, the head angle does not bother me in this case, because the bird is busy looking at something that caught his attention in his natural habitat...I like the applied filter and effect. It looks like he is charged up...well done Lady Denise...:cool:
Jeff - "high key" is actually a lighting effect, although the same effect can be achieved with natural light. It refers to an image with high exposure and low contrast as well as very little shadow. In the studio, this is done by using light everywhere - in front of, behind, and to the sides of the subject. The subject is typically shot in front of a white cyc to give a "white-on-white" look to the image. It works well with white birds. On the opposite end of the light scale, there are "low-key" images, that feature very little light and lots of shadows.
Jeff, don't know about bird photography in general, but I've seen some good examples here and sometimes it is just the way the scene looked - like a white gull or tern against an overcast sky. I posted one in OOTB a couple of weeks ago - a mallard in flight that I made into a watercolor. You see this used a lot in fashion and baby photography as well as portraits. Also, check out Dave Woeller's post of a tern in flight from yesterday.
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