As my first post, here's a photo of a Violet Sabrewing near Monteverde, Costa Rica taken when I first bought my Canon Rebel and 100-400mm lens. Any comments are appreciated. There's more favorites from that trip if anyone's interested.
Last edited by Daniel Cadieux; 01-15-2011 at 06:06 PM.
Reason: Fixed link
Sam, your image didn't get linked. Please try again and let me know if you are still experiencing problems. You might want to reread the posting guidelines for forum participants that is stuck at the top of this forum to make sure you are getting the right link entered.
The image wasn't showing up because you had pasted the URL of the WEB PAGE the image was on. You needed to paste the URL of the actual image (right-click on the image, copy the URL found in the properties, and paste into the box found once in the "Insert Image" option). I did for you this time:)
Hi Sam- Welcome to BPN. Image is now appearing nicely! Please don't hesitate to comment on other images here and in the other critique forums at BPN. We are really interested in what everyone thinks.
What a bird! Amazing colours, and not easy to capture I'm sure. Nice uncluttered background and the exposure looks pretty good. Great wing position.
I'll point out a few issues with the image. The main one is the blur associated with a slow shutter speed. Even though you don't give the shutter speed, it's obvious that it was too slow to stop either camera movement or subject movement. By the way we ask posters to report the technical details of the image such as shutter speed, f-stop, ISO setting etc so that we can better comment on an image.
In terms of composition, it's good to try to give the subject some room, particularly at the top and in the direction the subject is looking or moving. Here the bird needs more room at the top and to the right.
The final point I'll make is about head-angle. Your bird is looking away from you. It would create more interest and better eye contact if your bird's head were rotated CW a little past the point that it would be parallel with your sensor. And how do you do that you may ask! Wait for the bird look that way. Timing is the key.
Really look forward to seeing more images from you!
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