settled down for the night

jwear

what do you think of this shot ?

Wossa

Beautiful capture.

Wicked_Dark

good, but I think could be improved by a higher perspective for more separation between the bird's heads and the strip of land behind them. It would also maybe crop out the jutting trees at the top lending a more focused composition. I like the one bird whose beak is showing...she was really cooperative, huh?

MikeAldrich

Beautiful shot! I have to agree with Wicked Dark about the perspective, but other than that, it's a really cool capture.

puzzledpaul

Certainly a scene 'worth having a go at', but (imo) I also think it's one where circumstances were probably against you getting the best from it.
If mine, I'd consider cropping the top off (thro' the land, thus removing the top blue) and a bit off the bottom, to end up with a pano shape.

This, however, still wouldn't deal with the lack of separation already mentioned.

I suspect a lower (water) level shot wouldn't have helped either (even if possible / practical) because of the relevant distances involved.

pp

jwear

played with the advice -thanks

puzzledpaul

Interesting to see what it looks like with more separation, but there's quite a few issues to sort out - imo.

Cloned (real) tree trunk now seems to be at same / similar angle as its reflection.
Cloning isn't particularly convincing.
Horizon doesn't seem to be level.
Unsure what the real trunk (especially) + upper water is adding to the image.
Something 'weird' going on with tree / reflection positioning.


Think that if this was mine, I'd have tried selecting the lower portion of the image (to just above the birds' heads) and moved it down a bit - then filled in the gap with water, rather than trying to create a believable (cloned) edge to the original reflection.
Then cropped the top off thro the land - as previously mentioned.

Certainly no expert - just my 2p's worth

pp

raptorcaptor

I think you should stick with the original and maybe crop just a bit above where the water and ground meet, and some off the bottom as well.

A very Arty shot for you, Jeff!

IraRunyan

Nothing in nature is perfect......... Personally, I like the first shot just as the camera documented it.
It's a beautiful capture.

Nyte

IraRunyan wrote: »

Nothing in nature is perfect......... Personally, I like the first shot just as the camera documented it.
It's a beautiful capture.

I agree with the above.

Lovely shot.

RustyJB

jwear wrote: »

played with the advice -thanks

much better, great photo

johnbriner

IraRunyan wrote: »

Nothing in nature is perfect......... Personally, I like the first shot just as the camera documented it.
It's a beautiful capture.

I certainly agree. Regardless of the lack of separation between the heads of the birds and the land behind them, I still think that these are excellent shots.

jwear

Well 2 views I am with the wildlife group of course .If you take the perfect shot in wildlife then boy is that a day to remember . If you do that every day, like you can in a studio then why go out ?? Every day you are in the wild you learn something and do the best you can to document it . Thank you all for the feed back I like the shot but it is just not shot close enough. You know you cannot say Arty to a Nikon shooter but I did refuse to lay down:D I do try for those shots but me and composition .I am not as good as Raptor :cryat that arty stuff.Action or a story shot is still my thing . Also the tree as well all agree dam tree and the one with the bill I think just the one helps the shot. I was going to submit it for a calendar but just gave up on it .Thanks again for the feed back and you can all tell that us wildlife photo folks all agree. Shoot it as well as you can and be proud not 6 shots and photoshop it may look good but it is not real

Harryb

I like both versions. I think you got the max out of what was afforded to you. I would have preferred having just water as the BG but and nature and birds are rarely that cooperative.