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All critiques and feedback are welcomed and appreciated. Thank you.

Hi Aileen,

 

Thanks for sharing. When i look at this image, i see three thing: 1) the birds in the top half; 2) the birds in the bottom half; and 3) The power lines. Unfortunately, the power lines are killing the effectiveness of the image and I don't think there's much to work with, though i like the varied sizes/distances of the birds against the sky. However, the top portion, the birds are more uniformly distributed and are more recognizable and therefore (i think) more pleasing to the eye. I think that if you did some cropping from the bottom to just above the power lines, you may have a much more powerful (no pun intended) image. Although the image is naturally monochromatic which typically screams to convert to Black and White, i think the overall grey/blue hue enhances the emotional impact of the image. I also like the under exposure which sets the mood. The exposure falls off to the right, so maybe you could first try to balance it out across the whole image and then add a vignette to make it more "artsy."

 

--PatrickD

There is something fascinating about this busy bird image and the power lines provides some balance to the composition! Warm regards.