Morning nap

[wendell westfall]

D70s 70-300@200 1/1600 f/5.6 ISO500 0EV handheld

This picture was taken over three years ago, and my equipment as well as my skills were somewhat inferior to today. I think I had been "doing bird photography" for about a month. I hope this image of these small shore birds makes an interesting (but not uncommon) pano. The crop is minimal; the time was early morning; the weather was perfect. Please bring on your nits, so I can learn from this old photo.

Wendell

[Fabs Forns]

Very interesting image, out the box, if I may say it and very pretty. I feel that if you have more room on top, it would improve the image, the little mound on left needs more breathing room.
Well seen!

[wendell westfall]

Fabs, thank you . . . and I do have a little more room, so I will implement your suggestion. By the way, I'm really happy to report that the "instant email notification" worked again for me for the first time in quite awhile. Yeah!

[David Thomasson]

Good eye! Love those reflections. I also like the wide, thin format and would preserve that. To give the
mound a little more room, I would pull that down rather than raise the ceiling.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very interesting composition and well seen. Good suggestions from Fab. Lovely work and thanks for sharing.

[wendell westfall]

David, I'm torn between raising and lowering the "ceiling" -- interesting opposite solutions offered.

Judy: 'preciate your looking.

[David Thomasson]

David, I'm torn between raising and lowering the "ceiling" -- interesting opposite solutions offered.

Ain't no "right" answer, of course, but I'm looking at it this way: 1) the line of birds (and their reflections) are placed about right, to my eye, between the top and bottom of the frame. If you raise the ceiling, they'll be proportionally a good deal closer to the bottom of the frame. 2) The amount of air above the dirt seems about right, except where the peak gets a bit close to the top. If you raise the ceiling to compensate for that part, the rest of the ground (to the right) is going to have a lot of air above it. Hence my suggestion to just pull the mound down a bit.

[Hendri Venter]

Works well for me. Like the pano crop. Some good suggestions above.