crashdog

I know Pileated Woodpeckers quite skittish, and that make them hard to shoot, but I have two issues with this image. 1) the branch running across the whole body is distracting. 2) The orientation would probably work better portrait than landscape. At the very least, try to keep the bird out of the exact middle of the composition.

Good catch, focus, and dof.

George

I like this image. The foreground and background and such that you are drawn right to her face. Nice composition. I like the strong and even catch lights; I wish I could achieve that consistantly.

I have found that the best pictures of children are when you capture them in the mood they are in, rather than trying to pose them. The natural expressions and postures are very difficult to achieve by directing a child.

Good job.

I would like to hear your impressions of this image, and please also

comment if you have any suggestions.

Thanks,

George

This is the first portrait that I have posted for critque. Let me

know what you think, and some suggestions for improvement and things

to think about when taking future portraits.

Thanks,

George

I am looking for opinions about cropping of this photo. Should I

leave the open space to the right of the tree? Or, is the open

space distracting from the tree and in need of being cropped?

This is a shot I tried for in my studio and am pretty happy with.

Any suggestions for improvement?

From the title of this photo, it looks like the subjects you were trying to capture were two clown fish. The two fish look like they are in pretty good focus, and are probably sharp in the original photo, however, it looks like you almost missed them in this shot. I think a better shot would have had them and their anemone fill more of the frame. (BTW, I did not numerically rate this photo.)

Unfortunately, I could not do much about the background or the

lighting with this one. For the most part I like it, but what about

the background? Does the egret get lost too much?

I just got my 105mm 2.8 macro lens and tried it out for the first

time. I am looking for any comments, especially things I can think

about when setting up shots like this. Also let me know what you

think about this and any of the others in this folder.

TIA,

George