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I’m guilty of mostly ignoring the common birds on my neighborhood lake but I took notice when this mallard took off with her wings beating on the water as she flew towards the sun. I do like to sometimes try a little different take on these common subjects.
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What do you think of the effect of these images. Would these be a keeper for you?
Any comments appreciated.
Allen: Oh I’ll take one of each please! What marvelous shots. I do think I prefer the original with the wingtip just grazing the water. These are two that go against having more room for the bird to fly into. For me the trailing wake is icing on a fantastic cake. Many hat tips to you.>=))>
I’m with Bill on the two points. I prefer the first with the timing of the wings just (almost?) tapping the water on take off. Awesome timing. Then also, the classic composition “rule” of having more room in front for the subject to “move in to,” - gets tossed out the window with the capture of the foot-pedal take off and wake. The wake is so important in the overall composition.
Also, I find the angle of the vertical lines reflecting in the water to really help emphazie the motion going forward. So very cool.
So yeah, keep on with the common subjects… But does that also mean I can mostly ignore the common house Finches that dominates my feeder? LOL
Allen, I’ll be the odd person and say that I slightly prefer #2 with her lifted wings glowing so nicely. Both are fine shots with the trailing wake in both telling the story of how she takes off. I’m assuming that from the strongly angled tree reflections, she was taking off at an angle away from you, which makes getting both her and her wake sharp challenging.
I like everything about these two photographs. If I had to pick between the two, the upper one would be my favorite; the wings just touching the water.
These aren’t just keepers, Allen, these are high art. I would love to have either of them in my portfolio. The lighting and composition are superb. If I had to choose, and this is strictly personal taste, I’d go with the first, but both are excellent.
to you.>=))>