Bench Bird
by zagman

Comment by LevT:
nice and sharp

Bench Bird
by zagman

Comment by IanChristie:
You get a good sense of the size of the bird. However, to my eye the bench grabs too much attention.

Bench Bird
by zagman

Comment by marbo:
Nice and sharp.

Bench Bird
by zagman

Comment by Evaan:
Simply lines. The curve in the bench is appealing. Sharp. Meets challenge well.

Bench Bird
by zagman

Comment by bhound:
Wish the bird was looking into the picture instead of away.

Bench Bird
by zagman

Comment by Falc:
Lacks the simplicity and elegance I associate with minimalism, but nice all the same

movadoatnite.jpg
by zagman

Comment by HBunch:
For some reason, I want to tilt my head to the right when looking at this. I'm not sure if it's the lighting or what, but it seems to be leaning slightly to the right. I could just be tired though. I see you put this in advertisement gallery. Here's some 'useless info' I've accumulated. Since the 1920's watch ads have displayed the time 10:10. Why? There are a couple reasons. First, it is visually appealing. It's equiangular, so it 'rests easy on the eyes'. The other reason is that usually the manufacturer name is usually under the center of the face, therefor at 10:10, the hands do not cover up the name. Anyway, the other popular time for ads is 8:20, which is again visually appealing, but not good for watches with the manfgr name under the center. In other words, I think people have come to expect 10:10 as the time on watch ads, so something you could try.
Anyway, your shot seems to have unnatural color. Like it was forced this color, or the lighting is changing the color or something. If this is the actual color of the watch, then shame on the people who made it. lol Maybe toning it down a bit would have been more appealing to me personally.
Other than that, focus seems really good and the background works, nothing distracting about blackness usually. I'm not so sure about the centered comp. But thinking further, I think that an angle or offsetting it would not have worked for me, so this actually does seem to be the best choice in my opinion.
Sorry you missed the challenge, hope this helps. ~Heather~

The Look
by zagman

Comment by Neil:
Returning for comment. Great pose/look! Good clarity too. I think a tighter crop would bring this a higher score (and a larger post--use closer to the 640 maximum in the longest dimension).

The Look
by zagman

Comment by BMacD:
Cute shot! Good thing you can't read their mind!!

The Look
by zagman

Comment by Tuckersmom:
Oh, how I have seen that look :)