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first post!ibis bird taken in sydney australia
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took this snap with my new camera in australia.any tips or comments apprecited
With a close up portrait like this it would help to rotate the camera to portrait orientation. In this case you would have gotten more of the neck/body and have lost the dead space to the left and right where there is nothing to see or happening. Another point to remember is that when we look at other people and animals we make eye contact, therefore, as a guideline, it’s important to have the eyes in focus. In your image the point of focus appears on the beak with the eyes out of focus behind this point. Try either manually focusing (if your camera allows) on the eyes, or else in the single shot focus mode focus on the eyes and then recompose. Stopping down the aperture will give you a bigger depth of field and more chance of getting the important bits in focus – at the expense of speed though. The background is quite bright – a little fill flash might help if the subject will tolerate it. I like the curious pose with the head canted to one side – as if it is wondering “is that a new camera?” :D
hmmm, really peculiar photo, interesting, yet sort of difficult to register at 1st.
Seems like the bird is almost questioning the presence of the photographer. :D I like that.
I appreciate the fact that the bird would have been moving around and stuff, yet i have to agree with aodhan2 in saying that “portrait over landscape” and also eyes focused works wonders for sweet wildlife shots. It adds a sense of “being there” for the viewer. :D
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