7D, Sigma 120-400, f/8, ISO 800. As the forum title says, I am eager to learn so fire away! Hawk pics are heavy crops due to the long distance and hieght in the sky :(
Last edited by alan north; 06-15-2010 at 03:48 PM.
We will fire back and help you out with the images !! ... just need to leave only one, we only post one per post but can do re posts as needed !! Will let you delete two yourself before commenting !! If you have trouble deleting let me know !!
Hi Alan - big warm welcome to BPN - dont hesitate to jump right in and leave comments on other peoples images - no better or faster way to improve your own photography - all we ask is that you say what it is you like or dont like about the image.
I am going to reserve my comments until others have had a chance - will be back :)
hey alan. great to see you posting in ETL!! i'll fire away with a couple of observations. first is compositionally. i'd add some room up top and bottom. as someone around here says, if it's worth including, include it all. unless of course if you were going for a portrait. the second would be the head angle. would be nice to have the bird at least looking at you so there is a connection between the bird and viewer. there's a couple more tech issues, but i'll leave some work for the pros!!:D
Hi Alan, good points made by Harold and welcome to ETL and BPN. Good even lighting on the subject and the head being relatively sharp.
It's not easy getting a good representation of your subject in it's environment due to the very bright areas in the backround and some of the OOF foliage which can be distracting.(not always but depends how presented)
By reading other critiques and seeing images posted you can get a general idea of many of the points that we discuss and see how they relate to your images....
Thanks for the info. Will take more note of surrounding area and crop accordingly. I see what you mean...the more I look at it the more I realize he is not looking toward the camera (and that is a basic rule!). Need to slow down and use more of the grey matter. :)
Hi Alan. I like thinking more of them as guides rather than rules :). ..feel free to break them anytime butngenerally will help you produce a strong image
For this one I strongly suggest finding your way to a good position, heavy crops will doom the image more often tha not ... With everything perfect you might get away with it
Nice sharpness and clarity on the bird. I like how you made the focus of the picture the bird's eye. I agree it needs some room on the top and bottom, so if you cropped it heavily you may be able to get that back. The green branch in front is just out of focus. If you could find a shot with a suitable angle to make that green leaf/branch out of the DOF completely it would add to the image, however now I believe it retracts from the beautiful subject.
Shot this morning
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