Looking Up

Image Critiques Avian Critiques
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WOODY3.jpg
WOODY3.jpg1184×1440 1.03 MB

Critique Style Requested: Standard

The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

I caught my buddy Woody in the backyard. I was busy focusing on him but I think he was concerned about a nearby steller’s jay in the tree. This guy’s usually on the side of a trunk, or branch. I like that I was able to get him in this more traditional bird pose.

Specific Feedback

I kicked around whether or not to make that large dark branch pointing south go away. Should I have?

Technical Details

Z9, Nikon 200-500 lens, monopod, 1/2000th, 570mm, ISO 2000, cropped to 2583 x 3142, Photo AI.

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Hi Dave, nice pose you captured with the upward look of the woody. Makes us wonder what he is viewing. Subject placement in the frame looks good to me. I could see removing the thin out of focus branch cutting through the left of the frame.

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That is a nice pose, Dave, and detail in the bird is excellent. I agree with Allen about that twig.