Hi to all,
Skylark , taken at Bempton Cliffs yesterday morning just as a huge bank of sea mist rolled over the cliff tops and engulfed the lark , no critique please as this is just a grab shot , tried to bring out some detail in CS2 but my skills aren't up to much , just thought you might like to see it.
If I'd managed to capture a sharp image is the comp right for this type of shot???
The bird is obviously moving towards you and to your right when the shutter fired - from a compositional standpoint its always best to give the subject two things A. space to move into, and B. space to look into.
The 'looking' is a bit irrelevant here 'cos it's looking straight at you, but for my money the shot might look a bit better in landscape format with some nice empty space on the right, or kept in portrait but still with some space on the right and the larks face about one third in from the left instead of on the frame centerline.
Either way though that post is a real bummer - but can't be helped.
For composition you could familiarise yourself with a concept reffered to as the Rule of Thirds - you'll find that it makes for pretty good photo composition more times than not - see for instance http://www.creativelens.net/magazine/technique/pt_200511.cfm
Having said all that your skylark image is a million times better than mine 'cos I ain't got one at all
To me it looks quite a dramatic shot and I would be pleased as punch to have it.
It might be possible to give it a bit more contrast in PS and the body a bit more usm and maybe someone could help you with a repost of it. But viewing on my laptop makes it difficult to form a good judgment of the image.
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2 repliesSkylark , taken at Bempton Cliffs yesterday morning just as a huge bank of sea mist rolled over the cliff tops and engulfed the lark , no critique please as this is just a grab shot , tried to bring out some detail in CS2 but my skills aren't up to much , just thought you might like to see it.
If I'd managed to capture a sharp image is the comp right for this type of shot???
Kind regards
Andy..
The bird is obviously moving towards you and to your right when the shutter fired - from a compositional standpoint its always best to give the subject two things A. space to move into, and B. space to look into.
The 'looking' is a bit irrelevant here 'cos it's looking straight at you, but for my money the shot might look a bit better in landscape format with some nice empty space on the right, or kept in portrait but still with some space on the right and the larks face about one third in from the left instead of on the frame centerline.
Either way though that post is a real bummer - but can't be helped.
For composition you could familiarise yourself with a concept reffered to as the Rule of Thirds - you'll find that it makes for pretty good photo composition more times than not - see for instance http://www.creativelens.net/magazine/technique/pt_200511.cfm
Having said all that your skylark image is a million times better than mine 'cos I ain't got one at all
Hope it helps
Andy
It might be possible to give it a bit more contrast in PS and the body a bit more usm and maybe someone could help you with a repost of it. But viewing on my laptop makes it difficult to form a good judgment of the image.