Lovely colours - and I like that the surrounding environment echoes the birds plumage. Nice soft lighting too.
Without knowing whats all around the bird, and particularly in the foreground it's hard to make compositional suggestions. What I'm thinking about is a V composition with the bird in that line of light red/white/gray that is just in front of it - using the distinct lines as a compositional aid and letting the birds reflection melt into that.
Would that have been possible? Is there anything close in, in the foreground that would have prevented it?
Whatever, its a lovely image with a background that really suits both the bird and the composition.
Posted by Nigel Blake on February 22, 2009 at 4:43 AM
Its all too easy to walk past and ignore the "junk" ( not my view I should add) birds; this is well seen and beautifully presented; the complimentary colours of the reflections, bird's reflection and pose all add up to an exceptionally good image that deserves many more comments. Very well done.
Posted by Dawn Monrose on February 22, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Thanks for the comments guys. I think I see what you mean John, there were a lot of other birds around, and I only got two frames of this guy with clear space around.
It has been a bit quiet round here lately, I guess everyone's gone to Focus!
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 22, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Lovely shot Dawn, the colours and patterns in the water are sublime
Posted by Ian Mason on February 22, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Beautiful and complimentary colours here. A slight body turn towards you would have been a bonus.
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7 repliesOne from today. Didn't really want to venture too far, so stayed close to home and tried to get some practice in!
Nikon D200, 500mm lens. (Really annoying with tame-ish birds that come too close, but tis my only lens....
1/350 sec @F8, ISO200.
Very slight crop off top and left, levels/curves, sharpen, in CS3.
C and C most welcome!!
Without knowing whats all around the bird, and particularly in the foreground it's hard to make compositional suggestions. What I'm thinking about is a V composition with the bird in that line of light red/white/gray that is just in front of it - using the distinct lines as a compositional aid and letting the birds reflection melt into that.
Would that have been possible? Is there anything close in, in the foreground that would have prevented it?
Whatever, its a lovely image with a background that really suits both the bird and the composition.
Phil.
It has been a bit quiet round here lately, I guess everyone's gone to Focus!