Carmine bee-eater landing
Canon 7D
f 500mm
Aperture Priority
EV +1
SS 1/2500
F 5.0
Very difficult crop with the long tail. I do have 20% more room in front.No room below.Would appreciate your suggestions.
This was my first time pre-focusing manually then changing to AF and just firing away whenever a bee eater came in to land on the branch.
The BG is the river below the bank where to colony lived.
Is the shadow on the wing an image killer?
Comments and critiques always learned from and appreciated with thanks,
Gail
I just noticed cloning artifact by signature. Here is corrected image
Might lighten up the under wing shadow a bit and also get rid of the branches in the lower left corner. I think the crop works fine and I am loving the beautiful color and details. Not crazy about the shadow on the head. The light seems tough , but handled well. Wouldn't throw this one out , if it were mine.
Love the bird, the landing pose, your comp. Don't love the twigs on the left nor the light quality or the light angle and the resulting shadows.
I think the birds pose works against you.
I don't know how else I would crop it, but the square doesn't really work for me.
If you had more in the surrounding area for interest, a much larger crop would work, but I take it
you probably don't.
If you just add sky to the right, it would not do much.
I like the bird, I think it is hard to do any better.
Dan Kearl
excellent landing pose and nice details, I'm not a fan of the square crop you can convert it to a vert. bummer about the shadow
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Hi Gail, very well timed, as I know these are arent easy to get right. Lovely colours, sharp, and I would try and lighten the shadow if possible - its not an image killer. Seeing that you have more space in front, this is how I would have cropped this. Cropped from the bottom, added canvas to the RHS, removed the loose twigs hanging around doing nothing, and lightened the shadow a touch.
I feel that Stuart's repost is going in the right direction.
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Really great capture Gail and I am goin with Stuarts advice here. Definately worth checking out your options.
Thanks Stuart. I do like your comp better. I think this image is an almost but not good enough shot...
Gail
Excellent shot. Love the landing pose with great wing position, wonderful light, and great background.
Well done.
Great picture. Fine color on the bird. Sharp. Comp is difficult in this type of images. The dark under wings bothers me not. The shadow on the head I did not like so well.
Excellent shot, great timing and nice pose of this beautiful Bird, Gail. Nits, have been already discussed.
My only problem with the original would have been the square crop that was fixed.
Great work.
Gail, beautiful bird with some great colors. loved the pose with that one foot still in air. difficult conditions with the light angle and raised wings....but rest everything is awesome. You must've got a few frames perched after this, I am guessing. A lookback one, possibly? with long tailed birds like these, lookback pose is the best to achieve a balanced comp.
Nice timing, loved the one with more space on the right.
Gail, commenting late in the thread..I agree with Stuart's repost. Forget about the would've, should've or could've feeling as this is a great capture you have nailed the just before landing !! spot on ! I am not sure that a look back pose would have happened given the bird was about to land IMHO.
TKS
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Rod Warnock
Beautiful bird, Gail. Bee-eaters are one of my favorites, and this is pretty dang nice, even though it proved to be a puzzle to crop. I also think Stuart's repost looks pretty good. When in doubt, simplifying always seems to help.
Beautiful image Gail. perfect timing and lovely colors.
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