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Living on the edge

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Posted by Edwin kats on July 14, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Living on the edge
The sun just hit the edge of this cliff and I thought it would make an interesting background.

iso 200 1/320 sec. F8 D3 and Nikon 200-400/4 full frame.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Paul Ashton on July 14, 2009 at 3:09 PM
This comes as a bit of a shock Edwin. Your images are usually outstandingly good but this one is IMHO quite the opposite. The composition is altogether wrong.
Posted by Craig Jones on July 14, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Very nice,I like the composition/light on the front birds,very different. Looks like a 'UFO' is hovering above and has chosen these birds,well done :biggrin: :biggrin: :wavey:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on July 14, 2009 at 4:54 PM

Hi Edwin,

I actually quite like this, comp works fine for me! I definitely wouldn't say its outstandingly bad.

Lewis.
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Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 14, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Sorry Edwin but it dont do anything for me.




Ian
Posted by Justin on July 15, 2009 at 3:45 AM
Hi Edwin,
I've looked at this one several times and I quite like it.
The composition works for me and the way the sunlight is spotlighting the foreground birds is excellent.
It's a shame the background isn't a little further out of focus allowing the foreground birds to stand out even further, but I think you've just about got away with that, due to the diffferent lighting on foreground and background.
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on July 15, 2009 at 4:26 AM
Hi Edwin

You can't win them all! :smile:

I get the idea but the lack of differential focus between the fore- and back-ground reduces the impact of this image.

Still a usable shot but we are so used to seeing 'stonkers' from you :biggrin: - I love the pose of the bird bottom left!

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on July 15, 2009 at 7:52 AM
I like the idea and can see what you were trying to achieve here. The foreground rocks and grass are perhaps too in-focus though, and the same for those background birds which just needed to be hinted at. It would have been interesting to see what the effect would have been at f/4.

Simon
Posted by Edwin kats on July 15, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Yesterday I thought about a good title. I chose 'living on the edge' but I almost named it 'shooting on the edge' I'm not surprised about the comments at all but I really want to thank you about your honest comments. I really apreciate it and I think this is the way it should be. Be honest about your comments, try to shoot something completely different so now and then, post it and explore.

Thanks guys.

O yes, Do I like the image myself? Yes, but I know it's a bit on the edge. I do have the same images using F4-F16.


Edwin Kats
Posted by John Swift on July 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM
I'd title it "The Chosen" and that guy bottom left looks like he's enjoying himself immensely.