Originally posted by Edmund
I don't quite agree with some of the opinions posted, anyway, here are my thoughts:
1st photo
- Too much flash here, all the details in the highlights are blown with the harsh flash lighting.
- Compositionally, as it appears that you are attempting to fill the Toucan in the frame, I would suggest that you fill up the empty space above its head by shifting the frame down a little more.
- A little more dof to get that front of the beak in focus would be nice or shift a bit more to the right side to achieve the same effect.
- Overall a well captured moment, nicely done. :thumbsup:
2nd photo
- Again, too much space at the top.
- With the head of the bird turned to the left, the photo could be made more interesting to the viewer if you had placed it at the right side (and if possible, capture what has its attention on the left side).
- Some blown highlight areas when the sunlight "hits" directly but IMHO a decent trade-off for a properly exposed "face".
3rd photo
- Looks like you managed to get the exposure right and retained all the details of the feathers (especially the white portions). But personally, I would have preferred a touch more to brighten up the image.
- With the eveness of color in most part of the background, a sudden "chunk" of green (or any other contrasting color) makes for a "rude interruption" to me. To put it in another way, when I first looked at the image, I was enjoying the smoothness of the nicely blurred background from the left to right side until the green portion jolted me.
