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03/10/2005 07:51:29 AM · #1 |
Due to the lock of zoom available for my Minolta birds have been just about impossible for me to shoot. I finaly broke down and went to the pet store and took a few of this one. Any opinions on these?
 
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03/10/2005 08:21:33 AM · #2 |
HI Troy,
The first one isn't really grabbing me. Background doesn't have a lot of visual interest and there's nothing awesome about the bird's position or activity. Looks like selective saturation gone awry, but that's just my opinion. But the second one - much much better. Capture of birds expression is great-- with excellent use of DOF to bring out your subject. The second one is really very good. |
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03/10/2005 08:24:45 AM · #3 |
| Nice work. I especially like the second one. I can see you've used a flash, which is probably quite necessary indoors. Good sharpness in both. Cropping a little in the close up shot could take away the distracting background. Nice job all round |
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03/10/2005 08:31:41 AM · #4 |
the backgroung on the first on had a bunch of pet supplies in it I cloned those out. Do you feel that cropping would help the first shot as well? As for the selective desatration I didn't have to the bird was already b&W which I feel realy make this bird even more interesting. Thanks for the comments.
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03/10/2005 10:41:01 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by tristalisk:
the backgroung on the first on had a bunch of pet supplies in it I cloned those out. Do you feel that cropping would help the first shot as well? As for the selective desatration I didn't have to the bird was already b&W which I feel realy make this bird even more interesting. Thanks for the comments. |
Cropping the first one to a portrait orientation would most definitely improve it. the second one is an interesting pose, but suffers from lighting issues. I think you'd do well to try these shots again by a window, or get an off camera light source (or two) to help with the shadows.
Think about what you find beautiful in the bird, and how you can emphasize that (single) detail. Better yet, make a list of features you think are notable, and do a "study" of the bird where you take numerous shots designed to highlight each individual detail... You may be surprised at how interesting the results can be when you play with lighting and really focus on a detail.
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