Canada Blue Jay
Posted 11/11/2009 - 10:03
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Nice one Judith,
But as others have mentioned the shallow DOF takes the edge of the shot slightly.
Chris suggests a smaller aperture but at long focal lengths even this can still be a problem, what I would suggest is switching the camera to centre focus point and try to aim for the birds head, dont worry about framing the shot at this point, getting the focus spot on is all that matters and you can always crop later. In fact with this particular shot focusing on the birds head would have placed the bird in the lower left of the frame giving the illusion that the bird has somewhere to fly off to, and this is where I really complain about the shot as I feel its way too tight in the frame and I dont like the border...at all but that's just my personal taste, a small keyline around the image would have been OK for me.
Still a very good shot though
PS; I think the border may have worked better if there had been more space around the bird, as it is the two are competing with each other.
But as others have mentioned the shallow DOF takes the edge of the shot slightly.
Chris suggests a smaller aperture but at long focal lengths even this can still be a problem, what I would suggest is switching the camera to centre focus point and try to aim for the birds head, dont worry about framing the shot at this point, getting the focus spot on is all that matters and you can always crop later. In fact with this particular shot focusing on the birds head would have placed the bird in the lower left of the frame giving the illusion that the bird has somewhere to fly off to, and this is where I really complain about the shot as I feel its way too tight in the frame and I dont like the border...at all but that's just my personal taste, a small keyline around the image would have been OK for me.
Still a very good shot though
PS; I think the border may have worked better if there had been more space around the bird, as it is the two are competing with each other.
Posted 11/11/2009 - 17:25
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Nice photo. The Jays here in the UK are a pain to get near, let alone photograph and I hear yours arn't much better in that repect. A beautiful bird well captured
Posted 11/11/2009 - 17:30
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Really good shot Judith Ann, I am well impressed with your perseverance over this one. I agree with impotentspider regarding the frame and composition, I would make the bottom and sides a lot thinner, they detract from your cracking shot and makes the bird look trapped.
Posted 11/11/2009 - 23:33
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impotentspider wrote:
But as others have mentioned the shallow DOF takes the edge of the shot slightly.
On this specific point, suppose what we'd seen originally had been a somewhat more thorough version of this.But as others have mentioned the shallow DOF takes the edge of the shot slightly.
I don't think I could have put my hand on my heart and said what I said before.
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Posted 13/11/2009 - 04:02
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Hi all,
I'm a newmemmber from Vietnam.
Nice shot, I'm very suprise to see the bird's colour. At vietnam, have not species this.
I'm a newmemmber from Vietnam.
Nice shot, I'm very suprise to see the bird's colour. At vietnam, have not species this.
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Like Mhuni says, a slightly larger dof would make a slight improvement, as it stands the sharpest focus seems to be on the bird's neck/shoulder. Nevertheless it is still an excellent shot
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