Criss Cross

Comments appreciated....

Bingo!!! Superb color saturation, exposure, DOF. In a word "Bingo"!

Yet another great picture from you Mary, I only wish I could get the sharpness in the feathers as you do.. I am not sure if its my lens or me ... probably me ... Well Done ~Peter~

I love the comp! Regards, B.

Extremely beautiful light. And again, the bokeh is so unique. I know, you are waiting for more colors, but I think that this kind of background allows the main object's colors and detail to shine. Frame is adequate, and if I wanted to physically frame it, I would choose something like this. Font is nice, but it is for my taste a little too much on it's own.

Thanks all, Samir, I looked and looked for a thinner script in Elements and couldn't find one. Perhaps when I move to CS2 I'll have more choices. You always seem to catch some of my own concerns. I worry about the frames as I don't want them to overpower the photograph, or become the center of attention. I'm liking some of the very thin ones that just give the edges a finished look and may try some of those too.

 

Peter, I get plenty that aren't focused, I have a computer full of them. These are really close shots, I try to move in when they are distracted.

I don't recall the distance on this, but probably no more than 12-15 feet with the 400mm lens. Oh, and move very very slowly.

Colorful and sharp bird. Very nice photo. Well done.

nie capture mary, the details are very nice and the composition works very well to me. the only thing i would comment on are the shadows on the back of the bird, otherwise very welldone, RK!

Thanks Inger and Rafik. Rafik, the light is "au Naturele", filtered sunlight through branches and I kind of liked it on this shot. My thought being if you took a walk in the woods and spotted one of these guys, you likely would have light filtering through the trees given their natural habitat. I have several in direct sunlight, they're nice too, just thought this was pleasantly different. But thanks, always pleased to get your thoughts as you know.

Me gusto mucho la composicion de las ramas cruzandose asin como la gran nitidez del ave , saludos

Very beautiful, specially at larger format. Good background too.

Thanks Ellen, very much appreciated.

Very Nice! Great Capture Regards, Eppo