I met this Roseate Spoonbill when I visited Florida this spring. I was standing in the water with waders and used a monopod for my heavy camera.
What technical feedback would you like if any?
Anything you can think of.
What artistic feedback would you like if any?
Is the cropping to tight?
I often make tight croppings on my birds when there is some kind of “action”.
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Beautiful bird and the background is just superb. I do think the cropping is a little too tight for this kind of flight action, Lennart. Another nit from me is about the shadow on the far wing. Maybe it’s personal taste but it becomes a distraction for me.
You have a ver nice flight image with a pleasing background, good flight angle and sharp details. All of that is great. The crop is far too tight for my taste. Unless you’re cropping for a bird ID book, I much prefer to see a story with more environment, or at the very least more room for the bird to fly into in the composition.
This is a beautiful capture of this Spoonbill, Lennart. I like that he is coming towards you. Many of our shots of in flight birds are side views. The pink shows up ever so nicely with the background. I agree that the crop is too tight. When there is action, is when you need to allow room for them to “move”. Otherwise, and fantastic shot, so if you cropped in post processing, you should have you a very nice image here.
Superb angle and image quality, Lennart. I tend to agree that the crop is tighter than I would make it, though the angle of the bird does allow for a tighter crop than a side view would, since it’s more or less flying out of the frame toward the viewer. If you do go with a looser crop, I’d suggest adding a touch more light to the bird’s face to draw the eye to it more strongly.
As almost everyone think I crop my pictures to much I made a new version. The head of the bird is also a bit lighter. I myself am not so sure that I like this one better. The important thing for me is to have more space in front of the bird. In the direction it is flying, running or looking.
Thank you for your opinions and in the future I will give my flying birds a little bit more room.
