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randomwayMember
Is it OK to crop a bird shot like this? I’m not absolutely happy with it, but I had the 300 prime on and there was no choice. What do you think?
MarkKeymasterI quite like it, unusual crop.
Lovely light and super sharp with perfect DOF.AliParticipantLooks good to me – it’s a pity you had to crop – looks exceptionally sharp. DOF is just perfect too. Did you try flipping it so the bird is facing to the right ?
I haven’t tried it myself – but it’s an idea :)ValentiaMemberI find it difficult to crop birds with long necks. I always have that feeling that something isn’t quite right but can never figure out what exactly it is. This gives me that same feeling but I can’t help with any useful suggestion. Ali’s idea sound interesting though.
joe_elwayParticipantI think the crop is fine. Swans/herons/etc are tough to crop. The most important thing for me is to crop vertically like you’ve done. Long vertical neck = portrait for me … unless you’ve got an interesting landscape that you wish to show.
It could just be the glare on my screen (laptop is in a sunny location) but is there a slight blowout on the head? Herons and swans are tough to expose because of the amount of white. I meter from that and sometimes even underexpose deliberately … that’s why you often find my shots of them having dark backgrounds.
randomwayMemberThe blown highlights are obvious, I can’t help that. I don’t like the sunny weather which we have these days.. I was praying for a nice icy rain or something, but it never came :) I think I’ve already set the exposure a bit lower at conversion, I thought, this is fairly good and the blown head is not a big deal. Tough decision. I’ll try flipping it upside down and say that it’s a bat.
Thanks for the comments.Noely FParticipantThats really crisp and colourful, maybe get more of the head and neck in the crop and lose some of the chest area?
randomwayMemberAli wrote:
Looks good to me – it’s a pity you had to crop – looks exceptionally sharp. DOF is just perfect too. Did you try flipping it so the bird is facing to the right ?
I haven’t tried it myself – but it’s an idea :)I have found a shot with the bird facing to the right… the highlights are blown out a bit, but the pose is better I think.
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