Sunrise Eagle at Bosque Del Apache

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Thanks everyone for your thoughts and comments. I know there isn’t a right answer on cropping, but the reason I chose to leave this as full frame is largely my thoughts as shared in this article. I still believe that too many of us try to fill the frame and it doesn’t add to the quality of many, many images. For each image, we all need to make that choice. Again, not implying there is a right or wrong answer.

Including the Environment - Context Matters

Originally published at: https://www.naturephotographers.network/including-the-environment/ When I first took an interest in photographing wildlife, and specifically birds, the mental model of the shot I wanted to capture was modeled after the images I’d see in bird ID books. That meant great detail in the plumage, nice view of the important identification parts of the specific species, and of course, frame-filling. It just didn’t seem right if the image didn’t fill the frame in the viewf…