david.wagle

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. 

Fantastic detail and lighting. This is an amazing shot. 

It's a nudibranch - a type of sea slug basically.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated

any feedback is appreciated

Thanks for any feedback!

I really liked the pattern the ferns in the background made with the

greenhouse roof. I had to lean way over the railing and shoot this up

and towards myself in order to get the image. It took me 4 or 5 tries to

get the composition right, but I think I nailed it.

I loved the way the light through the leaves outlined the berries. Any

feedback is welcome

Thanks for the feedback

Thanks for any feedback

I would like to have seen the unprocessed image. The halo around the bird is very pronounced leading me to believe that this image could have been handled a bit better in post-processing. The composition is solid and I think there's real potential, but the final impact for me isn't there. 

I really like the way this tree looked against the sky and the snow around

it. I don't like where I ended up with the image though, and know it can be

improved, but I don't know what to do with it.

Another image of a chickadee. I like this one, but I'm not happy with the

background. I needed to be more aware of the DoF, I think.

This is actually more of a product shot. My wife works with a store that

sells items for backyard birders, the thing the bird is standing on is the

actual subject, it's a float that allows birds to drink from the (heated)

birdbath without getting wet -- which is really useful in northern climates

where some non-native birds aren't quite aware that they need to not get

wet when it's 15 below zero.

 

Anyway, they asked if I could take a picture of it for them.

 

So I set up my tripod and my little camera and got out some mealworms

and put down some bait, ran a chord into the house from the camera

and sat and waited.

 

And waited.

 

And waited.

 

And then I went and got all the dead meal worms out of the water since

they had crawled in and drown themselves, got fresh worms, washed

everything, set it back up and waited some more.

 

This went on a few times.

 

Finally birds started trying out the mealworms. And I clicked the release,

and got a picture of a bird butt flying away. And that went on for a few

more hours. And thus ended the first day.

 

On day two I continued with the same theme: refresh the bait, wait,

click, see parts of a bird but never a good shot.

 

Finally, after three days this guy came and . . . .

 

LANDED ON THE LENS!!

 

Yup, he sat ON THE CAMERA. I fired the flash to move him, but he

PECKED BACK AT THE STROBE!!!

 

After tormenting me for about 5 minutes he finally hopped down and

posed nice as could be.

 

I got the picture, followed up with a bit of photoshop to increase the

exposure of the bird, compared to the rest of the picture so he looks

lighted, and viola!

 

I would never have guessed getting a picture of a bird could be such a

pain!

It's a bit noisy . . . I had to bump the ISO up to 800 to get the effect . . .but I really like the

result anyway.

Just looking for a little feedback ..

Please leave comments on how I could have improved this shot!

 

Thanks

Captured my youngest son while playing with legos (him, not me). Let

me know what you think . . . Thanks!

Great image! I'm not sure I like the bird being centered with his head looking out of the frame. I think that with more space to the direction the bird is looking the image would be improved . . .

This is my first submission. I just picked up a camera last week and

this is the first photo I've taken that seems at all interesting.

 

Any feedback is appreciated!

 

Camera was a Canon 350D with the stock lens.