I have played after with increasing depth of field and have several other very nice similiar images but I have found the eye contact and water droplet combo in this image more pleasing to me. This image was shot raw and processed minimally in Lightroom. Thanks for looking and any comments.
Good timing on the catch here. Like the flying water, water color, prey item.
The image quality is a bit soft on the birds body, giving it a too smoothed, almost fuzzy look, esp. on the edges. Certainly no motion blur at that shutter speed. Was there much of a crop?
From a composition standpoint, I might move him just a bit left in the frame, to decenter him a bit.
Randy...This is a big crop. I agree with moving left a bit and not so much of a crop. But that leads to another issue. I then have a reflection of another bird in the image. I was trying my best to isolate the subject but the birds were everywhere at that time.
My issue is I can crop not so tight, but then have detracting reflection. I can remove other reflection without much of a problem but have thought that manipulating to that extent is a no no. What are the thoughts on this? Here is what my original crop looked like.
Last edited by JeffreyJohn; 06-02-2012 at 06:08 PM.
It is acceptable on the site to remove parts of the image if you disclose what was done. People will often remove branches, or other birds that are in the way. Ideally, we all shoot for the cleanest original image which requires the least post processing, but it isn't always possible.
Even at this crop, the image quality is a bit odd on the birds body. Perhaps just a trick of the exposure. You might try to reduce the exposure on the whites a bit and see if more detail shows up.
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