Posted by Bill Pelzmann on December 21, 2010 at 12:40 AM
I love the background in #3.
Your main subjects are far too dark in #4.
Posted by Dan Walters on December 21, 2010 at 8:18 AM
Really like #3 with the nice head angle and you got the entire reflection. Agree that the last one is too dark.
Posted by John Mumaw on December 21, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Well, I think that #'s 1-3 are excellent, Soubhik!
Easily the best I've seen from you here. You even got catchlights in all their eyes, which is pretty important for a more lively looking bird.
#1 is slightly underexposed. You can see That in the histogram. An easy fix in Levels.
I wonder what happened with #4?
Regardless, this is fine work.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on December 21, 2010 at 7:44 PM
#1 is wonderfully sharp and probably the best "traditional" shot here. #3 is similarly nice but why have all that space above the duck? Neat reflection and pose on #2, it might have been even better if the duck was looking toward us but good comp nonetheless.
I actually see some potential on the final image as a more artisitc "nontraditional" rendition: the bright water ripples and droplets on the beaks are interesting. Maybe even darkening the image more so that we only see the outlines around the ducks would be effective. I would also suggest cropping the branch off on the left, cropping some of the bottom and rotating the image slightly clockwise to center the ducks better.
Thanks a lot for your feedback.
I was trying to put more emphasis on the background in #4 and actually made the image quite dark intentionally to get the golden sparkle on the water more prominent. Also the drops on the beaks of the ducks looked a little intereseting to me
@Joshua - thanks, I will darken the image a bit more and make the ducks more like a silhoutte ..
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9 repliesDoes this work ? Too dark ?
Your main subjects are far too dark in #4.
Easily the best I've seen from you here. You even got catchlights in all their eyes, which is pretty important for a more lively looking bird.
#1 is slightly underexposed. You can see That in the histogram. An easy fix in Levels.
I wonder what happened with #4?
Regardless, this is fine work.
I actually see some potential on the final image as a more artisitc "nontraditional" rendition: the bright water ripples and droplets on the beaks are interesting. Maybe even darkening the image more so that we only see the outlines around the ducks would be effective. I would also suggest cropping the branch off on the left, cropping some of the bottom and rotating the image slightly clockwise to center the ducks better.
I was trying to put more emphasis on the background in #4 and actually made the image quite dark intentionally to get the golden sparkle on the water more prominent. Also the drops on the beaks of the ducks looked a little intereseting to me
@Joshua - thanks, I will darken the image a bit more and make the ducks more like a silhoutte ..