Approaching cruising speed
by boyd2000

Comment by philup:
so sweet! How did you get the camera there and hold it to take such sharp a sharp picture? Nice job

Sacred Rights
by boyd2000

Comment by Balko:
Since all my photo equipment was stolen and I am camera-less, I will spend time now voting...
Interest - 2
Theme Interp - 2
Technical Merit - 2
Personal Bias - 2
TOTAL - 8

Lorikeet-bw.jpg
by boyd2000

Comment by klstover:
Ooooooooooh. I really really like this. Very nice colors. I love how they blend together in the wing. And I like the sense of motion in the wing as well. Nice contrast in the black and white parts too.

Showing off
by boyd2000

Comment by violinist123:
This is not meant to be mean, but the best thing about this photo is what you can learn for the next time you try and shoot something like this.

A few things that jump to my mind

- Patience. Wait till the subject is in a more suitable position. In this case that would be not sitting on a rock with bright sun spots on it that will make it difficult/impossible to properly expose.

- Focus. Might be some hand shake, maybe you focused and then recomposed - hard to say but from feet to beak the focus on the bird is off a bit. You have a good camera, don't be afraid of iso 800 or 1600 if the situation demands a higher shutter speed to account for subject movement (or to counteract the espresso you had with breakfast!) edit to add: did you have your IS engaged? Did you wait half a second for it to spin up and stablize?

- Go easy on the saturation. If you've properly exposed the subject (dependant on the previous two points) then you should not need to give the colors much of a bump in post. I know I am not alone in saying that I would start bleeding off points just for the extreme saturation of this shot.

Message edited by author 2007-08-28 13:02:44.

Sacred Rights
by boyd2000

Comment by vtruan:
to some of us...

Showing off
by boyd2000

Comment by sibeling:
The over-saturated colors make it hard for my eyes to settle on one particular part of the bird. You've captured nice motion in the wings, though

Showing off
by boyd2000

Comment by bs-photos:
Such bright colors! What a pretty bird

Sacred Rights
by boyd2000

Comment by ChicPhotog:
IDK, just the way it is position exactly in the center takes away from the picture in my opinion.

Sacred Rights
by boyd2000

Comment by robst:
The right of people to bear arms has resulted in many non sacred actions!

Showing off
by boyd2000

Comment by HEIK2054:
Sorry, for my taste, too busy, too much happening