The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.
Feedback Focus: Artistic + Technical
About This Image
Last week I spent several days in the Pyrenees (Spain), photographing vultures, eagles and other wildlife… This is an Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) landing in front of the hide where I was waiting. In this area, vultures are fed regularly since several years to avoid their local exctinction, as too few carcasses are typically available.
Feedback Requested
Is the image conveying the sense of power, speed and urgency I was feeling looking at the landing vulture?
Technical Details
Camera: NIKON Z 8
Lens: NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S
Focal length: 210mm
Shutter speed: 1/500s
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 1000
Well, Antonello! That’s one impressive bird. You have conveyed the power and speed of the bird very well.
The diagonal shape and the vulture taking up most of the frame have made this a very dynamic image. The talons and the general pose are top notch.
I wouldn’t like to crop any more, but I might consider doing a border patrol around the top edge to lose that sliver of green and the RHS bottom corner of white.
Thanks for the comment @Glenys_Passier ! Indeed I noticed the little white triangle in the lower left corner and wanted to get rid of it, but then I forgot… Now I eliminated it (revised version). As for the upper part, I tried to do something but in the end I decided not to touch it as the results were always (at least for me) worse than the original…
