Reindeer calf - "dead centered"

NaturebiteNaturebite Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
edited February 6, 2011 in Wildlife
An example, which is the subject of concentration. It works here (IMO).

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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2011
    It works well enough since you have a head-on shot.

    Personally, I'd like to see a bit more foreground.

    I do like it.thumb.gif
  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2011
    Ric Grupe wrote: »
    It works well enough since you have a head-on shot.

    Personally, I'd like to see a bit more foreground.

    I do like it.thumb.gif

    15524779-Ti.gif a bit more foreground would be nice to give room for easier matting. but all in all good pic.thumb.gif
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  • NaturebiteNaturebite Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited January 27, 2011
    Ric Grupe wrote: »
    It works well enough since you have a head-on shot.

    Personally, I'd like to see a bit more foreground.

    I do like it.thumb.gif
    Art Scott wrote: »
    15524779-Ti.gif a bit more foreground would be nice to give room for easier matting. but all in all good pic.thumb.gif

    Thanks Ric and Art, 15524779-Ti.gifthe foreground question, but now it's too late and reindeers are gone.
    Here is the link of an other pic, where I had noticed the composition better -

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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2011
    I think the first shot would have made a nice vertical. Cool shot.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2011
    Osprey Whisperer wrote: »
    I think the first shot would have made a nice vertical. Cool shot.

    Sure...but I think it would need even more FG then. CAF to the rescue!
  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2011
    Ric Grupe wrote: »
    Sure...but I think it would need even more FG then. CAF to the rescue!

    Thought it was understood since others mentioned adding foreground. Just saying the format of a vertical would have worked better in this case. You still should follow some sound rules of composition no matter what format us decide to use.

    CAF is a wonderful tool if you forget to plan the shot out originally and don't have a well balanced image with enough positive and negative space. Thinking first saves one a lot of work later. Just wish I could remember this stuff out in the bright hot sun. :D
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2011
    Osprey Whisperer wrote: »
    Thought it was understood since others mentioned adding foreground. Just saying the format of a vertical would have worked better in this case. You still should follow some sound rules of composition no matter what format us decide to use.

    CAF is a wonderful tool if you forget to plan the shot out originally and don't have a well balanced image with enough positive and negative space. Thinking first saves one a lot of work later. Just wish I could remember this stuff out in the bright hot sun. :D

    Sometimes thinking won't help one bit. After all you are not in a studio.

    ...and some of us can't think fast enough in a given situation. I was not suggesting that one should just shoot willy nilly and try to fix it in post. We are talking about an image that has already been captured.

    Maybe Google will come out with a "Composition Check" like "Spell Check" in an appliable firmware update.clap.gifwink


    BTW the reference to CAF was for the benefit of the OP.
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2011
    I really like this and the image works in this case dead center for me, but the only thing is that I would like to see is more foreground.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2011
    Osprey Whisperer wrote: »
    Thought it was understood since others mentioned adding foreground. Just saying the format of a vertical would have worked better in this case. You still should follow some sound rules of composition no matter what format us decide to use.

    CAF is a wonderful tool if you forget to plan the shot out originally and don't have a well balanced image with enough positive and negative space. Thinking first saves one a lot of work later. Just wish I could remember this stuff out in the bright hot sun. :D

    15524779-Ti.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2011
    I think the comp works well for this capture.
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  • NaturebiteNaturebite Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited February 6, 2011
    Harryb wrote: »
    I think the comp works well for this capture.

    Thanks for the comments and the trick to use the CAF techniques. Here are "the original" photo for the first (more air above) and then the second shot, which is a bit soft. The second one shows more foreground. If I remember clear the situation there were bushes between me and the reindeer flock.

    The first pic:
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    The second pic:
    1178959533_peU4t-M.jpg

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