Snowy Egret and Tricolored Heron

RaymondPhotosRaymondPhotos Registered Users Posts: 94 Big grins
edited July 31, 2009 in Wildlife
1. Snowy Egret
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2. Tricolored Heron
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2009
    Two good captures Steven. Both are too centered though especially the second image.

    On the snowy I would leave some of the water trail in the image but I would crop off much of frame left. Better yet would have been to have done so when taking the capture. I also would have considered a vertical comp for the capture.

    The tricolor definitely needs to be placed in the first third of frame left. Its also not as sharp as the snowy capture. Its a fine capture with the reflection.

    If you're going to request C&C it would help us if we knew some of the exif data and camera and lens info.
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • RaymondPhotosRaymondPhotos Registered Users Posts: 94 Big grins
    edited July 31, 2009
    Harryb wrote:
    Two good captures Steven. Both are too centered though especially the second image.

    On the snowy I would leave some of the water trail in the image but I would crop off much of frame left. Better yet would have been to have done so when taking the capture. I also would have considered a vertical comp for the capture.

    The tricolor definitely needs to be placed in the first third of frame left. Its also not as sharp as the snowy capture. Its a fine capture with the reflection.

    If you're going to request C&C it would help us if we knew some of the exif data and camera and lens info.

    Thank you and thanks for the suggestions. I agree on the snowy egret and will trying cropping it closer. When I originally tried placing the tricolor off-center, I didn't personally like how it looked as much. I will work with it some more and probably have a change of heart.

    450D canon. 70-300 mm IS f 4-5.6.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 31, 2009
    RaymondPhotos wrote:
    Thank you and thanks for the suggestions. I agree on the snowy egret and will trying cropping it closer. When I originally tried placing the tricolor off-center, I didn't personally like how it looked as much. I will work with it some more and probably have a change of heart.

    450D canon. 70-300 mm IS f 4-5.6.

    You may be right and you have to go with your gut on your images. Some times the rules are meant to be broken.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
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