Hi everyone!
This is my first post on this forum and I'm very happy for it. I know this is a great place to learn and share our passion for photography.
Comments welcome,
Canon 40D, Canon f/5.6L 400mm, 1/500, Av 5.6, ISO 400, Eval Metering.
A pleasing image overall with some room for improvement.
The light angle is well off to your left, which would have worked well, IF the head and been turned a bit more towards you to catch the light around the eye. As is, the eye area is in shadow, and could be improved by some subtle lightening.
I think the image co go just a bit brighter, perhaps 1/3 to 1/2 stop. To make this work however, it would help to tone down the bright spots in the background, particularly the lowest one.
The overall composition is simple and clean, with a well scaled perch. Because of his direction of view, I would consider recropping so there is more room to the right, the direction he is looking. That would also decenter hi a bit.
1)Increased the brightness of the bird 1/3 stop
2)Selectively lowered the brightness of some of the background bright spots
3)Selectively lightened the shadowed area on the face
4)Selective sharpening of bird
5)Recropped as mentioned, added canvas to the right.
I am not completely happy with the highlights in the background, but I think the ideas come across.
Welcome to BPN Jim. The Pitirre is one of my favourite birds and I well remember being woken up by them every morning when I worked on Culebra.
I like this image- the background and perch are very complementary to the subject and I like the pose. Perhaps a slightly better head angle would have been optimal- a little more towards you. I think Randy's recomposition is an improvement and I agree that some more sharpening and lightening around the eye would improve the image.
Gray Kingbird - Tyrannus dominicensis
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