I got a new Tamron SP70-300 lens and have been trying to figure out how to get the best IQ from my Canon 60D and finally got a shot that I like now I need you to tell me what is wrong with it. This was the Raw version and all I did was crop it and sharpened in CS5 using Hi-pass filter. Let me know about composition, sharpening, color correction, etc.
Lets start with the composition, that is where the image is lost or found IMO. There are branches intersecting with the subjects head. Now from time to time this can happen but with a squirrel you need to work the subject and get a better angle. Notice how dominate the tree is in the image, you control the frame and tell the story. In this case, the subject is sandwiched and the tight crop makes it hard to take my eye off the strong foreground.
The exposure techs looks alright might consider a higher ISO (400) to give more exposure flexibility. Keep on using the Tamron and Canon this is a good kit and remember every picture should have a balanced frame. You determine what goes inside the four corners and think about the foreground and background. Try and shot everyday and post often, you will improve at light speed - keep em coming.
Last edited by Jeff Cashdollar; 04-14-2012 at 10:09 PM.
Jeff, thanks for your input and I understand what you are saying about the composition and I would liked to have gotten more squirrel and less branch but he was willing to play the waiting game longer than I could play. He was about 40 feet up in a cottonwood tree and content to sit there and wait me out. I couldn't move back because I was on a pond bank so I finally took the shot I could get thinking it was better than no shot at all.
The next time I will try to coax him out of hiding.
Squirrel
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