The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by Man_Called_Horse:
interesting angle, you are stuck between a silouette and a color pix, lighting??, nice dof, b&w need help, comp nice, overall try again

The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by LN13:
This is really dark. I wish that I could see more detail in the bird.

The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by cfischl:
good composition..i think it would be even better if the bird was a complete silhouette

The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by Artyste:
Way, way too dark. You would have benefitted greatly from taking this photo at another angle, (if possible), or having some sort of fill-flash.

The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by melismatica:
I don't find this to be a goood subject for a silhouette. I'm guessing you were attracted by the shapes of the nest and the twigs but there seems to be too much going on with the wires and the spot of blue leads my eye to nowhere. I'd like to see the bird clearly. Instead I'm looking at a boring wire structure and an equally boring patch of sky. I reccommend next time, in shooting a subject that forces you to point your camera to the sky, you bracket your exposure because this is a case where your light meter is being fooled by the amount of light coming from the sky (this may be by setting your EV rating to + something or you may have more sophisticated equipment that allows you to do this manually). Of course, you may already know this information and were simply going for the silhouette effect.

The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by bcoble:
I think the bird is a little on the dark side.

The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by elee3009:
The 2 basic things that instantly marr this photo is the light and how it's composed. It's so dark that all details of the bird are lost and yet it can't pass off as an interesting and clean silhouette. Composition is usually (altho' not in all cases) more interesting if you follow the Rule of Thirds. Here you could probably position the bird more to the left on an imaginary vertical third of the frame because it's facing right. Let me know if you'd like some help. I'm no expert but a couple of basic things can certainly be done here to show you instantly a difference.

The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by KarenNfld:
Bird appears out of focus. It has lost all detail because of the strong backlighting.

The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by ccraft:
Too dark, unfortunately, maybe increase exposure by one stop to see the bird, or decrease so you can silhouette the bird.

The Bird
by Hsteinar

Comment by Konador:
I like the hint of red in the silhouette but I wish I could see more detail.