Yellow Bellied Flycatcher

[Richard Mc Donald]

Rather than go through the process of cloning I've decided to leave the foliage as is to frame the subject and also to give the scene some depth.

Shot in RAW with most PP done in ARC, tone boost and sharpening in PS.

ID MKII EF 500 f/4.0 - ISO200 f/5.6 1/500sec

Richard

[Ofer Levy]

Hi Richard,
My comment on this image will be almost identical to my comment on your previous post: bird is in the dead centre - something that most people will try to avoid when considering the composition. Bird is too small in the frame as presented and the perch is pretty dominant. Would suggest going a bit higher with the iso as the Mark II is capable of producing very clean images at iso 320 400 and even higher.
Cheers,
Ofer

[Richard Mc Donald]

Hi Richard,
My comment on this image will be almost identical to my comment on your previous post: bird is in the dead centre - something that most people will try to avoid when considering the composition. Bird is too small in the frame as presented and the perch is pretty dominant. Would suggest going a bit higher with the iso as the Mark II is capable of producing very clean images at iso 320 400 and even higher.
Cheers,
Ofer

Thanks Ofer.

Sometimes it's nice to do things unconventionaly rather than follow the pack.

I do tend to change ISO settings dependant on time of day or ammount of light available, anywhere from 100 - 400, 200 to me appears to be ok or am I missing something?

I've kept the flycatcher small in the shot because they are a rather small bird and wanted to present it in its natural environmemt rather than do say a 100% crop which to me would be suitable for a bird ID booklet, that's not what I'm about.

To me a lot of wildlife/bird photographers miss this point badly.

Richard

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Richard, I agree with Ofer with regards to the bird being too central, but you are also correct in saying that the subject doesnt have to be a 100% crop. Its good to show space, but I find the dark leaf top central distracting. You could have cropped off from the top to just below the leaf, and not affected the comp. Cheers.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hi Richard
Try to get just a little closer and shoot from an angle to show the bird with minimal (or zero) foreground obstructions. I like the species, but I am afraid I echo the previous comments. :) Stu makes a good compositional suggestion. Hope to see more birds from you mate.