Rags, I like the second picture, the way you caught them flying so close to the water. The colors don't pop as much as I'd like, but that may be the cards dealt you by a hazy/foggy day. The reflections in the water are nice.
My immediate reaction to the first photo was, "it's not level." I would have rotated it to get the top of the rock and horizon level. Again, colors and detail in the rock are very subdued. If you'd had a nice sky to work with, I think showing less water in the foreground and more sky may have helped. If you're like me, you may be limited by the focal length of your lenses, but zoomed a little closer to the bird would have made it stand out more as your primary subject.
Hope that helps. I'm by no means an expert, so my 2 cents are probably worth exactly that.
Doug Vaughn http://www.dougvaughn.com
Canon 5D MKII and more lenses than my wife thinks I can afford.
Remove half of the sky on the second one and your ready to go.:D
The first image has potential but doesn't work for me. Your subject is looking towards frame right but there's no space for it to look into. I would have placed the subject at least in the middle third of the frame looking right.
I would have levled the horizon also.
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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My immediate reaction to the first photo was, "it's not level." I would have rotated it to get the top of the rock and horizon level. Again, colors and detail in the rock are very subdued. If you'd had a nice sky to work with, I think showing less water in the foreground and more sky may have helped. If you're like me, you may be limited by the focal length of your lenses, but zoomed a little closer to the bird would have made it stand out more as your primary subject.
Hope that helps. I'm by no means an expert, so my 2 cents are probably worth exactly that.
http://www.dougvaughn.com
Canon 5D MKII and more lenses than my wife thinks I can afford.
The first image has potential but doesn't work for me. Your subject is looking towards frame right but there's no space for it to look into. I would have placed the subject at least in the middle third of the frame looking right.
I would have levled the horizon also.
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!"
On #2, I was using the rule of thirds for the sky, I'll have to clip it.
Jeeze I didn't even notice the slanted horizon on #1...
I got some work to do...