It may be "just a chafinch" but it is a very nice image.
As Phil has mentioned it goes to show that frame filling subjects are not the only way.
Nice soft light which seems to be nicely reflected to "fill" the shadow areas.
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 29, 2006 at 6:02 AM
My kind of style as well, it shows you can create nice nature photography images without filling the frame!
Rene de Heer
I too love this type of image with the bird small in the frame especially with an interesting and eye-catching setting as you've got here.
I think cropping a little off the bottom of the frame to lose most,if not all, of that lower horizontal branch makes the image and composition even stronger.
I love the way that the branches of the (?) Larch act as a frame within a frame. Tricky backlighting handled well too. Excellent.
Posted by Javier Martin on March 29, 2006 at 12:40 PM
Great image. You prove that it is not really necessary to fill the frame with a subject. Images like this can really work but is not always easy. Your composition is faultless IMO.
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10 replies20D + 500 + tc1.4; iso400 1/500 f8, cropped to 80% of original.
As Phil has mentioned it goes to show that frame filling subjects are not the only way.
Nice soft light which seems to be nicely reflected to "fill" the shadow areas.
Rene de Heer
I too love this type of image with the bird small in the frame especially with an interesting and eye-catching setting as you've got here.
I think cropping a little off the bottom of the frame to lose most,if not all, of that lower horizontal branch makes the image and composition even stronger.
Like the complementary grey backdrop too.
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