Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park. Canon 1V, Fuji Superia ISO 400, handheld, 100-400 plus 1.4x. I was struck by the elegance of this bird, compared to its common reputation as an unattractive scavenger.
I like the way the BG compliments the bird. I would crop some from the left so that the bird is not centered in the frame, and also a little from the top.
I will apply rules of 3rd on this and go for a tighter crop.
here is an example how my crop will be in the first image.
Personally I have a theory when it comes to bird portrait compositions. Brian reads from left to right. if all the important part of imgae is on left and empty field on right it will give a feeling of emptiness at end. Horizontally flipping the image will move important part to the right and gives a sense of image presence at the end. Compare the two images and see if you feel that.
Of cours, flipping the image is completely up to your post processing ethics.
Many thanks for these comments. I tried a center composition, to express a feeling that there was something more than a simple bird head picture going on. I probably fooled myself, as the thirds is very effective. I was aware of leaving blank at the right, but after your example, I realized that is for moving subjects, not portraits. Blank at the left is very nice for this one. Thank you. Jim
I only got 3 frames for keepers when I saw mine in a tree. Will look for more next time. You have a nice portrait. I like your original better than the flipped one.
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