Nice exposure control, detail, ambient and shrpness, I love the touches of green in the BG and DOF, square crop doesn't work for me, I would try at least to de-center the bird.
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excellent exposure here. I'm really a novice to photography but maybe a little more space in front of the bird to get the feel of landing might have worked nicely IMO.
Last edited by Rohan Kamath; 07-25-2009 at 10:11 AM.
About the crop. A crop is basically just a frame. Vertical or horizontal frame choice is determined by the subject. If the subject is mainly horizontal, as is in this image, a horizontal frame is called for. If the egret was standing upright, in a vertical position, well, you get the picture.
Horizontal or vertical frames both have advantages over square (or close to) frames. Horizontal often has a more peaceful feel as well as much the way we normal look at the world, whereas vertical, by restricting periferal vision, forces the viewer to concentrate more on the subject.
Of course cropping is framing after the image has been taken, but both use the same principles.
The horizontal frame, in the context of bird photography, as mentioned should allow an in motion subject space to move into as well.
Back to this image. Although other compositional ideas could be considered, the most basic rule of thirds would seem to work here. Here would be my version of the crop. regards~Bill
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