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    Christopher Moses
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    Hi everyone, my first posted image but nothing too special, but hopefully I can just blame the lens for that... I used an EF 75-300mm III on my canon 40d and crawled on my belly for 15 metres and took this pic. Heres the details:
    ISO- 100
    focal length- 300mm
    F/5.6
    1/500s
    Photo cropped and colours slightly enhanced on iphoto
    -should I have stopped down to increase sharpness as there was plenty of light??
    Please comment as I have lots to learn and lots to work on

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    Christopher:

    A big welcome to BPN. You have come to the right place to learn and grow as a wildlife photographer.

    Good self critique here. A smaller f/stop would have improved your sharpness and depth of field. In general, for a look back image like this, you want the head as close to parallel to the back of the camera as possible. Sometimes you can make a slight noise to get the bird to look towards you a bit more.

    The light had enough contrast that the blacks are blocked on the left ( no visible detail) and the whites are perhaps a little overexposed. Generally, with black and white birds, you need the softest possible light to capture the full range of exposure they encompass.

    I applaud your efforts to get close. Oystercatchers aren't always the most tolerant of birds.

    Gulls and other more tolerant birds are great to practice on, hone your technical skills.

    Cheers. Look forward to more posts.

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    Hi Christopher,

    I like the low angle of capture and the backgorund/


    Good comments/advice from Randy. My only other comment concerns the composition. It is my personal opinion that the bird is centered too vertically. If this were mine I would reduce the amount of out of focus foreground. This would move the bird lower in frame and eliminate the amount of undetail space in the image.


    Thanks for sharing!


    Regards,


    Phil

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