i would not have been able to shoot this lovely creature if it were not for my daughter--bsphotos. very little done in photoshop dodge underside of wings and body slighty ann a little color around eye to help it stand out and a touch of sharpening
Statistics
Place: 213 out of 251 Avg (all users): 4.9801 Avg (commenters): 5.4444 Avg (participants): 5.0000 Avg (non-participants): 4.9604 Views since voting: 777 Views during voting: 336 Votes: 201 Comments: 10 Favorites: 0
I like the wing tips spanning corner to corner. It looks like this might have been cropped a little too much, and you're losing some detail. It also looks like his right eye (left in the photo), was dodged a too much.
Look at that expression! Coming right for us, nice. Technicals are lacking, it is grainy and doesn't seem to be in perfect focus. But you captured a bird in flight and that is a plus.
Great composition, great focus, great angles, great crop- need I go on? okay then... great backdrop, great simplicity, blah blah blah- you get the point.
Heh! Good title - I'm sure birds everywhere were wondering what the heck was going on. Pretty good capture of this guy - to truly excel, he'd need to be a bit sharper and ideally have some texture to the sky behind. I do like the light through the wings - that's always neat to see.
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
Photographer found comment helpful.
