1 bird 3 pictures

[Oren]

Hey guys,


Please let me know what can I do better next time. Any comments, suggestions or w/e are more than welcome.


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[matrixman45054]

Those look pretty good. If I had been taking those shots, I would have tried to get a little lower to the water. I'm not sure how far away that bird was, but I may have tried zooming in more to have it fill more of my frame. Obviously, if I didn't have the zoom abilities that wouldn't be possible. You may want to consider cropping those down a little more so that the bird becomes a larger piece of the picture. Hope that helps!


~mike~

[crosbyharbison]

There's a few ways to go about this.


early morning light will look a lot better


think about your backgrounds more when composing


get a boat and get closer

[Bob]

Shot #1 has the best exposure. Agree with zoom more or crop more.

[wolf]

Adding a circular polarizer will help reduce the glare off the water.

[Oren]

Well I couldn't really do anything of what you suggested, I'll explain:


Getting lower - couldn't do that as there was some kind of wall which I was leaning on and put my camera on it using my homemade beanbag, so I was already at the lowest level I could be at.


Zooming - I wish I had a 70-200 with me, but all I have right now is the 17-85 and these were all shot at 85mm.


Cropping - these are already cropped. Yes I have 15mp to work with, but I think that if I cropped more then the pictures wouldn't be very sharp. I'll post in a few moments a 100% crop or close to that to show you.


Early morning light - I agree, but I don't like getting up early [:P], and besides, I went to the park with friends for a BBQ not taking photos, but of course I took the camera with me and took few shots (if ~100 is "few" haha).


Thinking about the background - yes I try to do that but most of the time when you are taking the shot you either forget to do that or don't have time... and there is a third option actually - there's noting you can do to change the background - It was a small place surrounded by walls so I couldn't do much to change the background.


Get a boat - lol it was actually a small place with walls around it as I said, so you can't go there with a boat.


Adding a CPL - you are right, but I still don't have one []

[Oren]

Ok here is a larger version, I cropped more tightly and resized it to fit this site (it's almost a 100% crop).


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[Mark Elberson]

I prefer the 100% crop [] It still looks pretty crisp and it really focuses on the intended subject.

[Oren]

Thanks Mark, I agree. I thought the 100% wouldn't be sharp enough, but obviously I was wrong - the homemade beanbag actually did a great job! []

[wwp]

yes lower, near the water or in the water. In the early AM hours the wind is less = better reflection. Police up lose loose feathers. And, get the bird to smile. A can of sardines works wonderfully for Fowl or 4 legged animals.