Communication? #7

Giphsub

I would appreciate any feedback about the following four possible entries for challenge #7, theme communication. Please let me know which 2 you think are strongest. Or alternative titles. Thanks.

#1 Battle Cry


#2 Warning!


#3 Chatter


#4 Silent Instruction

richtersl

I really like #1 and #3. . You captured some really good detail on the bird's feathers on #1. On #3, I'd crop a bit from the bottom to get rid of the blades of grass that you weren't able to get in focus. The light on the chick with the open mouth (lawdy, that sounds weird ) looks very pretty.

#2 cracks me up. I know it's a warning stance, but the way you caught her, it looks like she's flirting with you.

dlplumer

I like 1 and 4 Mike, but I think 1 is the most theme worthy. I'm no B&W expert, but I think the conversion needs work.

I working on an entry myself, but have not yet shot anything

Halite

#1 most strongly says "communication", but has some problems with the b&w conversion--i.e., the grassy areas are messy and the light shining through the tangle of trees in the background is distracting from your main subject. I'd also crop the left side to leave the same amount of space as on the right. All that empty space does nothing to strengthen the message of the image.

#3 is very nice as well--good light and detail. If the other chicks' mouths were open or visible, the connection to the theme would be stronger.

Giphsub

richtersl wrote:

I really like #1 and #3. . You captured some really good detail on the bird's feathers on #1. On #3, I'd crop a bit from the bottom to get rid of the blades of grass that you weren't able to get in focus. The light on the chick with the open mouth (lawdy, that sounds weird ) looks very pretty.

#2 cracks me up. I know it's a warning stance, but the way you caught her, it looks like she's flirting with you.

Thanks for the feedback Linda. I'll try cropping the grass on #3 and see how it comes up. Maybe I should change the title of #2 to Flirty Warning?? I hadn't noticed that, but it does kinda look that way!

Giphsub

dlplumer wrote:

I like 1 and 4 Mike, but I think 1 is the most theme worthy. I'm no B&W expert, but I think the conversion needs work.

I working on an entry myself, but have not yet shot anything

Thanks Dan. 2 votes for #1 then, so far. The B&W may need work but then that would be my camera's fault! I set it to B&W and took it! Good luck with your entry!

Giphsub

Halite wrote:

#1 most strongly says "communication", but has some problems with the b&w conversion--i.e., the grassy areas are messy and the light shining through the tangle of trees in the background is distracting from your main subject. I'd also crop the left side to leave the same amount of space as on the right. All that empty space does nothing to strengthen the message of the image.

#3 is very nice as well--good light and detail. If the other chicks' mouths were open or visible, the connection to the theme would be stronger.

OK, so #1 is emerging as the favourite! Cheers for commenting Halite. I'll have to look into how to improve the B&W, although as I said I haven't done anything, just taken from the camera. As for the crop, I 'll try it and see. Usually for wildlife shot we try to avoid centering the subject, but in this case you may be right for the theme. Cheers. Thanks again.

ic4u

I definitely like #3 the best, but would agree that cropping the unfocused blades of grass in the front would make it even better! Good luck!
Karin

Giphsub

OK, here is a reworked #1 Better? Not much change?

Original


New version

Giphsub

ic4u wrote:

I definitely like #3 the best, but would agree that cropping the unfocused blades of grass in the front would make it even better! Good luck!
Karin

Thanks Karin. I'll give that a go too

Giphsub

OK, what about this one?

ic4u

Giphsub wrote:

OK, what about this one?

Nce!...best of luck with whichever one you decide on!
Karin

Halite

Both of the new #1 and #3 versions are better. Nice job. I like how the tree on the left hand side of #1 provides a natural frame for the bird, while the wider crop allows the eye to slide out of the left hand side of the image. Thus, one key reason why the standard rule about avoiding centering the image deserves to be broken in this case.

Giphsub

ic4u wrote:

Nce!...best of luck with whichever one you decide on!
Karin

Thanks Karin. Appreciated.

Giphsub

Halite wrote:

Both of the new #1 and #3 versions are better. Nice job. I like how the tree on the left hand side of #1 provides a natural frame for the bird, while the wider crop allows the eye to slide out of the left hand side of the image. Thus, one key reason why the standard rule about avoiding centering the image deserves to be broken in this case.

Cheers for the input Halite. Much appreciated!

dkoyanagi

I like #3 the best, but the b&w conversion seems unnecessary.

richtersl

Halite wrote:

Both of the new #1 and #3 versions are better. Nice job. I like how the tree on the left hand side of #1 provides a natural frame for the bird, while the wider crop allows the eye to slide out of the left hand side of the image. Thus, one key reason why the standard rule about avoiding centering the image deserves to be broken in this case.

richtersl

dkoyanagi wrote:

I like #3 the best, but the b&w conversion seems unnecessary.

The B&W conversion is a requirement for the latest Challenge.

dkoyanagi

richtersl wrote:

The B&W conversion is a requirement for the latest Challenge.

My bad.

Giphsub

dkoyanagi wrote:

My bad.

Thanks anyway!

Giphsub

richtersl wrote:

Thanks again for the input Linda

Giphsub

Thanks for the input everyone. I went with #1 in the end.

richtersl

Giphsub wrote:

Thanks for the input everyone. I went with #1 in the end.

Excellent! Good luck to you!!