thoughts on improving these photos

TallyHo

Hi, Took these two pics today and have done some work in capture NX and CS3.

im curious what else i can do to bring them more to life.

Thanks

dadwtwins

OK, here goes my 2 cents where it probably doesn't belong

The coloring and exposure are all fine. Your subject focus is the only missing element. What are you trying to show the viewer? what is the story?

In your two pictures, nothing really pops out at you and demands attention. The tree'ss similar colors as well as the cluttered look of the trees gives it almost a flat look.

I will stop here so not to offend any more than I probably already have.

TallyHo

Dont worry about offending. constructive criticism is always welcome


Thanks

dadwtwins wrote:

OK, here goes my 2 cents where it probably doesn't belong

The coloring and exposure are all fine. Your subject focus is the only missing element. What are you trying to show the viewer? what is the story?

In your two pictures, nothing really pops out at you and demands attention. The tree'ss similar colors as well as the cluttered look of the trees gives it almost a flat look.

I will stop here so not to offend any more than I probably already have.

dadwtwins

:whew thank you.

Your bottom picture has a great chance to be a perfect background of a lone row boat or fly flisherman.

That is what i meant as a subject focus. You obviously saw something that caught your eye here. Try to show it through your composition and post processing to steer the herd towards your vision.

TallyHo

Yeah, there was nothing to focus on, even the ducks waddled off when i arrived

I just liked the snow capped mountains in the distance.

dadwtwins wrote:

:whew thank you.

Your bottom picture has a great chance to be a perfect background of a lone row boat or fly flisherman.

That is what i meant as a subject focus. You obviously saw something that caught your eye here. Try to show it through your composition and post processing to steer the herd towards your vision.

LUCKYSHOT

TallyHo wrote:

Yeah, there was nothing to focus on, even the ducks waddled off when i arrived

I just liked the snow capped mountains in the distance.

They are nice shots, but I wonder what picture 1 would look like if you cropped out the tree to the left. It would then focus on the bird with the mountain as a backdrop instead of your eye being pulled off to the side
nice shots anyway
all the best
Chris
www.longislandimage.com

sanaka

I agree with Luckyshot. I'd crop the left just inside of the tree's trunk (cropping out the trunk). Then the tree would help frame the shot and the bird would be close to a rule of thirds intersection. Nice shot though!

Peace,
Sanaka