HK Snowy Egret
SonyA700~Sony70-400G@330mm~ISO1000~F8~1/1000 sec~manual exposure~10-10-2009~overcast~Brays Bayou, Houston, Texas~CS4
This was close to full frame, and don't worry I have plenty that show the whole bird. Nonetheless, I'd be interested in any comments or critique. Hit me with your best shot! regards~Bill
All right. The main thing I don't like is the clipped wings, i.e., the composition. Never a good thing, in my opinion. It also appears to me this one you got it a bit late, i.e., the bird was starting to fly away from you. Other than that, exposure and details I find them all good. Based on what I see on my monitor, I would be tempted to sharpen the eye a bit more.Originally Posted by WIlliam Maroldo
Looking forward to those better ones :)
Got to agree with Desmond all the way, nothing wrong with cutting wings on purpose but this does look like clipped !!!
The other thing that bothers me is the head next to the edge of the frame, entire image gives me a strange feel. It is possible to make this tight crops work but not very easy !!!! .... reload and fire again !!!
Others' comments noted, and I agree. However I do like the high key, translucent feeling to this.
Agree with what has been, said but have a question.....what does HK mean in the title?
Bill
My guess HK = High Key.
What I like most about this image is the transparent in the feather against the sky so I like to see more of the wing. The bird do look like it is getting away from you. However being directly underneath helps in showing the full wing span, so I guess if this shot is taken a little bit before would be best.
Thanaboon thanks
Thanks.....geesh the other Bill even mentioned it...back into my hole....:)
Bill, I like the HK look to this and the details in your whites. Did you try a diagonal crop w/ added canvas? I was thinking it might look good. Agree w/ Alfred-the head is too close to the frame here.
Hi Bill,
I like the high key and the details in the under wings...agree with the rest as far as cropping and the bird flying past the point of capture...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Thanks for the well done critiques. I agree with them, although admittedly I hadn't thought about the head being too close to the edge. What I was most interested in, however, was touched on by Desmond with the comment about sharpening the eye, and that is overall image sharpness, detail, and noise. The composition, position of the bird, clipping that I was sort of hoping looked like cropping, which failed miserably I might add, were not my primary concern, and certainly are major flaws(although I did like the translucence of the wings, which was also mentioned). The image was shot at ISO 1000, with no noise reduction or sharpening, and I relied completely on overexposure. I was mainly interested in comments about noise, image sharpness and detail. Regards~Bill
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