Feel free to voice your opinions on what is wrong this one.
D3
Nikon 200-400 with 1.4 converter
F7.1
1/1250 TH
+0.3 EV
400 ISO
Matrix metering
Handheld.
Let em rip :)
Whats wrong with this??
Feel free to voice your opinions on what is wrong this one.
D3
Nikon 200-400 with 1.4 converter
F7.1
1/1250 TH
+0.3 EV
400 ISO
Matrix metering
Handheld.
Let em rip :)
Hi Mr. Peters,
I respectfully reserve my opinion and comments. Lets see what our BPN brothers and sisters come up with...:):cool:
OK I will play and put my head above the parapet first :) Firstly I would like to see a little bit of ccw rotation :) and I preferably do not want to see just the oof heads at the bottom, two options come to my mind , EITHER crop them out completely OR (preferably) include more of them to give the picture 'context'. Some of the blacks look a little blocked also :) Otherwise quite a nice shot of a fantastic bird I always enjoy photographing :)
Tell
Love the placement of the bird above the horizon line. The line of heads at the bottom is distracting; you can lose them with a simple crop.
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I like the idea Lance We haven't had one for a few weeks !!! :)
The CCW rotation and rather than crop I would clone out the heads at the bottom as I think the canvas is needed there.
Bill
Bottom crop and too many stripes.
Beep are you referring to the bg stripes?
Haven't thought much about them With layering I try making sure no prominent part intersects an edge but can go either way !!!
Yes sir, too many BG multi color layers for me, a tad distracting and the bottom crop.
Beep - Out
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 06-25-2009 at 06:19 PM.
i'd evict the heads. too distracting for me. if the dark blue stripe is water, then the horizon line needs a bit of CCW rotation. the different stripes dont bother me that much. but i wouldnt crop out the heads....cloning to leave the space.
Not sure what's wrong. Probably just different strokes for different folks. So, lose the heads and I would like to see the smoother, more subtle tonal transition among the stripes. Without the stripes, it's just one boring background with a lonely bird hanging in the middle of nowhere. I would bring out more details in the darker feathers.
Last edited by Desmond Chan; 06-27-2009 at 01:58 PM.
Other than what's already been mentioned I'm sure you are bothered by the inconsistent lighting on the bird. Probably would have like to have more even illumination. Right? Do I win a hat? :D
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CCW, clone out the heads. ;)
Hi Lance
I think the spot where you took the picture was a bit too far in front of the bird.
Image as taken was probably the best you could expect.
A slightly further back location for yourself would imho have produced a more satisfying result.
Cheers: Ian Mc
Good points - agree with a lot of them - from memory this was close to full frame. I could implement a lot of the above suggestions - but will get lots of opportunities to reshoot later in the year.
Good work everyone :)
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