Tufted Titmouse
Scared off the feeder by a Bluejay this Titmouse grabbed the first perch it came to. I liked the unusual pose and photo angle it afforded me. SONY A700, 70-400G @400mm, f5.6, 1/500, iso 800, HH. I ran NR on the BG, darkened and reduced contrast. For the bird; just a touch of SH and sharpening. I did an adjustment layer using multiply at 50% for the whites left of the perch.
Best wishes for the New Year
Peter
Peter, exposure and body pose are excellent...nice pp work! If you have more room around the perimeter of the image, you might try turning the stick so it angles more ULC to LRC and that will turn the bird on more of a diagonal, creating additional angles within the image. As it is, you look at the bird and then either your eye goes right out of the frame at the top or out of the frame at the right (where the bird is looking). I think a shift of position here would give the viewer more angles to consider before their eyes leave the frame. Remember, in 99% of the cases, diagonal is better (more interesting) than straight vertical or horizontal.
Rules are meant to be broken, sure...but I think you can easily add more interest here by doing a rotation of the image within the frame!
Thanks for the comments Julie. You are totally right, looks better rotated. I started from scratch with the raw file. I had to add 3 inches of canvass to the bottom and do a lot of cloning and healing brush to extend the image. I forgot to mention in my original post that I cloned a small branch that was crossing the bird below the main perch.
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Peter
Nice image, and I agree the diagonal works better as a comp.
Excellent repost, Peter! Great pp work as well. The diagonal lines really add to the final image. Sweet! :)
Julie nailed it. Horizontal or vertical perch gives sense of bisecting the image. Diagonal are better.Originally Posted by Julie Kenward
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