blackbird and cattails

A beautiful shot, well seen, Roger!

At first glance I really like this, but the more I look at it the less compelling it seems. I think there are two compositional problems that make this image less than it could be. 

The first is the background. Whatever that is on the other side of the lake, it is really distracting. The lines the cattails make lead the eye right too it and each time you go back to the cattails, my eye at least goes right back to the blurry blue thing.

The second problem is the bird being on the far right looking right. It tends to send my eye out of the picture because my eye wants to go where the bird is looking. 

The first problem can be solved with a crop. Just take the top of the picture off having the picture stop at the top of the tall cattail the bird is on. The second problem really probably needed to be solved in camera. 

I will say that the fact that I can see the bird's eye impresses me. I find black birds hard to photograph well, and you did a great job getting the bird itself. 

At first glance I really like this, but the more I look at it the less compelling it seems. I think there are two compositional problems that make this image less than it could be. 

The first is the background. Whatever that is on the other side of the lake, it is really distracting. The lines the cattails make lead the eye right too it and each time you go back to the cattails, my eye at least goes right back to the blurry blue thing.

The second problem is the bird being on the far right looking right. It tends to send my eye out of the picture because my eye wants to go where the bird is looking. 

The first problem can be solved with a crop. Just take the top of the picture off having the picture stop at the top of the tall cattail the bird is on. The second problem really probably needed to be solved in camera. 

I will say that the fact that I can see the bird's eye impresses me. I find black birds hard to photograph well, and you did a great job getting the bird itself. 

I like the chosen dof and detail iin the foreground., including that of the bird itself of course. I do agree with David about the background, but as he has suggested it's easily remedied with a crop. The position of the bird in the frame is well chosen too, as the rule of thirds goes.  As for it looking out of the frame, it doesn't pose that much of a problem to me. Though I have heard the same theory applied to boats vehicles, and horses, so I dare say there must be some merit to it. But I like it anyway.

Regards

Alf

Hola roger. Excelente composicion. Te felicito.

Un cordial saludo, Joaquín.