Hi, my first post of an image - hope I haven't stuffed anything up.
Nikon D300
500 mm f/4 + TC1.7
ISO 400
1/500
Exposure bias 2/3
Cloned out some stuff in the water, lightened and sharpened the bird and darkened the background especially the rock.
Welcome Svante! Love the bird! The image seems to need some CCW rotation. I like the sharpness, low angle and the angle of the bird toward the viewer. The black rock is not good but, it is what it is. Do you have a similar shot without the monolith!
Beautiful bird! I'd lose the rock - it's so dark it's really competing with the bird for my attention. If there were detail to the rock and a much lighter color then I'd probably say leave it in.
Lovely water, very nice head angle (HA) and good clarity to the image. And welcome to BPN!
Hi Svante- I like the bird too, and the repost with the sharper eye works well. Great pose and perfect head angle for me at least. Agree with need for rotation. I would give some more room below to allow for the virtual feet under the water.
Hej guys and gals - thanks alot for your comments. It actually clarified my thinking alot.
The rock was actually very visible originally but halfcovered in slimy algae and I thought darkening it to hide the ugly looking stuff was an easy solution. I now realise it wasn't such a good idea :o. Gus idea of removing it altogether seems much better.
Not to sure how you judge that the image needs CCW rotation and would appreciate some further explanation.
John - I am fairly new at this stuff and can only keep a few things in my head at the same time. When I come home I always blame myself for not having thought about one thing or another. In this instance as I was able to slowly get closer and closer to the birds I was pretty excited and had only two thoughts in my mind - Artie wants good head angles and expose to the right. As I got closer I therefore totally missed that the legs started to get out of the image - therefore there are no more virtual feet available at this time :o.
Hi Svante. When I look at the image the water seems to be tilted to the right a bit and the reflection of the legs does not seem to be parallel to the vertical edges of the frame. It could be a optical illusion but you could try CCW rotation and see?
European Golden Plover
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