owl

[lourensb]

Hi This was taken in the Kruger National Park.

Please give me your feedback on this ?

Thanks

L

[Jocelyn Walker]

Re: owl

Lou, this is a cute little owl! My suggestion to you would be to concentrate on your composition in photos! Make your subject the focus. In this pic the first thing you notice is the foliage & then the bird, as it is placed too far to the left.
The fact that you got direct eye contact is great!

[jojo]

Re: owl

Hi Lou,
I agree with Jocelyn re composition - the foliage to the right is definitely in competition with the bird. Also, were you hand-holding the camera? There appears to be evidence of camera shake. Your exif data shows 200mm focal length, 1/320 at f8. I am certainly no authority, but maybe increasing the aperture to say f4 would have given you a faster shutter speed to at least 1/500. I seem to remember the golden rule for hand holding is that the shutter speed needs to be at least twice that of the focal length for most people. The larger aperture would also render the background more out of focus. Good attempt and nice lighting though.

Jo

[lourensb]

Re: owl

Thank You,

This was hand Held Yes, I took 3 shots, and it flew, before I could make more changes...

However I will Cernainly keep this in mind ?


Thanks ...

lou

[lourensb]

Re: owl

Lou, this is a cute little owl! My suggestion to you would be to concentrate on your composition in photos! Make your subject the focus. In this pic the first thing you notice is the foliage & then the bird, as it is placed too far to the left.
The fact that you got direct eye contact is great!

I Will Try, to Re- crop, And see what I can get.

I really need to start learning about composing the Shots better, so I thank you for the help...

[lourensb]

Re: owl

Lou, this is a cute little owl! My suggestion to you would be to concentrate on your composition in photos! Make your subject the focus. In this pic the first thing you notice is the foliage & then the bird, as it is placed too far to the left.
The fact that you got direct eye contact is great!

I tried again,

How's this one ?

maybe Give me your idea, thanks

[lumix]

Re: owl

You seem to be stuck on a landscape version. Here is a portrait version plus a few tweaks.

[lourensb]

Re: owl

[QUOTE=lumix;21529]You seem to be stuck on a landscape version. Here is a portrait version plus a few tweaks.

Hi Ron, I were just playing around with a portrait.


I have so much to learn, Thanks for your help.

Lou

[coupekid]

Re: owl

lovely shot, I wont dwell on the critiquing it, but suffice to say that Ron has done exactly what I was about to suggest in terms of composition.

[lourensb]

Re: owl

You seem to be stuck on a landscape version. Here is a portrait version plus a few tweaks.

Ron, Can you please tell me what "Teaks" was done, The Colour seem so much better ?

And I cant seem to get the Same colour effect ?

Thanks Lou

[lumix]

Re: owl

Ron, Can you please tell me what "Teaks" was done, The Colour seem so much better ?

And I cant seem to get the Same colour effect ?

Thanks Lou

I did very little really. Adjusted one end of histogram (black point) added a little saturation and a bit of sharpening. Do it in that order as it is important to sharpen last.

[lourensb]

Re: owl

I did very little really. Adjusted one end of histogram (black point) added a little saturation and a bit of sharpening. Do it in that order as it is important to sharpen last.

Thanks, I'll go and search for adjusting these.... Saturation I know, but the other 2 not yet....


But thanks for the help...

Lou