Taken at the park on Sunday morning. I have had a heck of a time getting any sort of picture of birds in flight, which was what I specifically wanted to go for. I finally cracked and spent an hour chasing the crows at our local park.
I just bet the fellas doing Tai-Chi were scared, but they were moving too slowly to get away so they suffered through my antics.
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I'm glad this one is finally over so I can reply. Actually the bird was taking off - I was chasing it. The lazy thing felt like walking most of the time, but finally it slowly took off. Also, this was taken in the mid morning, around 9:30 or 10ish. Go figure huh? Took me forever to get even this shot, its not perfect but it took a bit of work to get even it. Thanks for all the comments! :)
The bird is too soft and lacks any detail - either out of focus or too short shutter speed I guess. The background is very difficult to expose correctly being a mix of light and shadow, and here the top half of the image is overexposed.
Fun title. Motion is good, but in this case, a bit too much. (I know I'm asking for the Sun and the Moon here, but any direction but flying away....) Shooting from shadows into bright sunny is difficult at best, might want to avoid that, too. 7 Rob the Swash
Well, you got something flying but that's about it. There isn't much else interesting about this image' It isn't quite in focus. That could be because the camera was trying to focus on something other than what you had in mind, autofocus is annoying like that. Or more likely this is slight camera shake. Learn to brace your camera against something or get a tripod. It is very hard to hand hold at the exposures that a digital camera allows us to use. Your lighting is off, by exposing for the shadow, you have over exposed for the background. It might be better not to include both shadow and bright sun. Also this harsh mid day sun is the most difficult and most unintersting lighting, Try shooting early morning or late afternoon when the light is better. Read the tutorial on the Rule of thirds - human nature, probably due to the biology of binocular vision, is drawn to the cross of the thirds lines. Notice what you have place at these points: ... Are those the most important visual items? Did you mean to emphasize them? Read the tutorial on the Rule of thirds - human nature, probably due to the biology of binocular vision, is drawn to the cross of the thirds lines. Notice what you have place at these points: ... Are those the most important visual items? Did you mean to emphasize them? Your bird is slightly off center, that is better than smack in the middle. What did you find captivating about this shot? Do you love it? Or are you just trying to enter any old thing.
Talk about barely meeting the challenge. ;) Good shot,. but I wish it was coming towards you. (My guess is it was, and this was the best shot that came out - that happened to me!)
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