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My comments are very brief. Everything about the image is excellent, sharpness of focus of bird and twigs, out of focus background colour and the composition of the photograph. A superb shot !
Thank you John. I am trying to work on composing images in my wildlife shoots. I find it difficult as I only have about 1 hour a day whilst walking my dog and most of my shoots are opportunistic rather than planned.
As this though is in the 'Looking for perfection' area, the only thing I'll suggest is that in my opinion, the image could be much improved with a different crop. If the bird were to the right of the image a little more, it would provide some 'space' for the Wheatear to be looking into.
This really is a great image that with a little bit of editing in Photoshop would be excellent. I appreciate that as a "Nature" shot you are presenting the subject in its environment. But there is that twig appearing out of its breast that is crying out to me to be cloned away. The other tiny bit of twig that runs parrallel to the birds breast could also be removed. I also prefer it without the green leaves.
Even when viewed at the resolution of this site it looks pin sharp on my screen (even when magnified)
Last edited by Graham_of_Rainham; 16 September 2008, 10:01 PM.
Reason: Crossed posting comment removed
Thank you for your comments Invicta, John and Graham.
The lens used is the Bigma @ 500mm. Shot was hand held as I never use tripods nor monopods (although I own one). At 1/400s exposure it says volumes about the lens and the camera IS.
I have re-cropped the image to take into account Invicta and John's comments.
I am afraid I do not yet have the skills necessary to remove bits from an image so I can only present it as-is. I do take your point though Graham.
I've taken the liberty of editing your image (which I shall remove straight away if you wish)
This was done with simple clone tool in a few minutes. To really do the job this image deserves, it would need time and the technique of layer masks to get it perfect. I hope you approve of the differences.
Thank you for the edit. I really must get to grips with photoplus x2 (my image editing software).
I have to say that I was very concerned about posting in this section of the forum but now the ice has been broken I feel more comfortable.
So far I have learnt how to improve the composition by a more careful crop and also I am now determined to master PP - or at least get it working for me.
Thank you all for your comments I appreciate them all.
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