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The Bustard in the Morning
The Bustard in the Morning
krnodil


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Backlighting III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: National Zoo, Washington, DC
Date: Aug 18, 2007
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/180s
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Aug 21, 2007

 Doesn't have quite the same ring to it as "the lark in the morning", does it? Poor guy, saddled with such a name...

Just me and a Kori Bustard at about 7 AM at the National Zoo.


post-challenge:

Image is not cropped, and I framed the composition deliberately.

I knew I'd get hurt on the relatively "boring" center composition. But, as I said, I framed this deliberately, because part of what does it for me, for this image, is all that beautiful backlit grass arcing across the frame - all crop alternatives I tried just ruined that dynamic.

Statistics
Place: 81 out of 202
Avg (all users): 5.6990
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.2623
Avg (non-participants): 5.8828
Views since voting: 964
Views during voting: 295
Votes: 206
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 09/05/2007 01:15:41 PM
The backlighting is lovely here, bustard or no :-) Poor guy, saddled with that name. A difficult cropping situation probably kept you from reaching a 6+ with this.
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 08/31/2007 11:08:43 AM
The backlit grass is great and I like the bits of bokeh in the corners.
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 08/30/2007 03:42:22 PM
That bird is looking right at you, wondering whether you want him to move out of the way so that you can take a picture of the grass. Then he thought he would stay; it's his home, after all. You can take the picture around him. Wonderful.

Having read the comments (something I only do after I comment), I agree; it's not a centered composition, and I keep following the flow of the grass. Thanks for not cropping that out.
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 08/29/2007 08:41:00 AM
To me the composition is as much about the grass as it is the bird. If anything, I see it as a two-thirds/one-third arrangement. I would have been reluctant to crop and I'm a crop queen.
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 08/29/2007 08:22:01 AM
this is gorgeous. and it is not a centered composition. there is a big difference between a centered subject and a centered composition.
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 08/29/2007 01:31:42 AM
Ah, you got good stuff that day! I think it's a lovely shot, nicely sharp, with interesting textures and halo light around his head. I think the composition hurt the score, though. Dead center leaves my eye to wander around. I wonder how it'd look cropped in on the right?
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 08/29/2007 12:20:56 AM
I liked it. A lot!
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 08/29/2007 12:11:20 AM
Nice muppet!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/27/2007 07:58:05 PM
wheres the rest of the body...cropped strangely
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 08/27/2007 03:40:23 PM
What a flat, flat head it has! Not sure about the centered composition but I very much like the lighting and background.
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 08/26/2007 09:18:24 PM
Nice backlighting. I love how sharp the bird is. Great shot!
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 08/25/2007 03:12:49 PM
I've not heard of a bustard. Very pretty backlighting and bokeh.
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 08/22/2007 09:18:49 PM
Nice composition.
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 08/22/2007 10:02:10 AM
Nice image - Great sharpness - Like the grasses - Maybe just a tad borng on the composition as he is bang in the middle but great tones and exposure.
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 08/22/2007 09:01:55 AM
An off-centered composition may have worked better in this photo. Also would like to see some of the body.
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