I've not had a chance to get out much lately so here's a Nuthatch taken a few weeks ago.
Canon 30D with 400 5.6 lens.
f8, 1/640 sec, ISO 400, tripod.
All C+C appreciated.
Posted by Nigel Blake on March 15, 2008 at 1:59 PM
The Nuthatch itself is lovely, and its shadow makes it stand out nicely! generally a fine image.
However the composition doesn't quite work for me, I think about a 1/4 of the height of frame (around the bottom of the crack below the birds foot) taken off the bottom would work well though!
Posted by Major Gilbert on March 15, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Either that Matt or take a section off the left to finish up with portrait.
Takeing care of course to leave that shadow intact.
thanks Nigel and Major. I must admit I did try a number of different crops on this one and wasn't entirely happy with any of them. My thinking was that the bird's position (looking left with its shadow pointing down) meant it would benefit from some space below and to the left. But the space below doesn't actually seem to help. How does this one now look?
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 15, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Repost looks good to me..... great use of that shadow...
Posted by John Robinson on March 15, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Matt
Looks fine to me but I didn't think the original was too far out, but then I like birds positioned in a corner of a squarish frame as long as they are looking "in " which yours was. I often do it myself
Cheers
John
Posted by Paula Graham on March 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Both shots look fine to me!
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 16, 2008 at 7:14 AM
Hi Matt,
Very nice capture! The re-post just tips it for me!
Posted by eric weight on March 17, 2008 at 1:01 PM
They both work for me, although if pushed, I would go for the second.
Nice work. Eric
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 17, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Discussion
10 repliesCanon 30D with 400 5.6 lens.
f8, 1/640 sec, ISO 400, tripod.
All C+C appreciated.
However the composition doesn't quite work for me, I think about a 1/4 of the height of frame (around the bottom of the crack below the birds foot) taken off the bottom would work well though!
Takeing care of course to leave that shadow intact.
Major.
Looks fine to me but I didn't think the original was too far out, but then I like birds positioned in a corner of a squarish frame as long as they are looking "in " which yours was. I often do it myself
Cheers
John
Very nice capture! The re-post just tips it for me!
Nice work.
A great shot of a bird i've yet to see