how good or how bad

[D2Hpeter]

 

[eikin]

do read the guidelines

http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=139941
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=273376

thanks!

 

[D2Hpeter]

sorry.

I will like feedback on the composition.
I have composed the picture this way using the bamboo stalk, [from roughly upper left third to lower right third] as the imaginary line along the gaze of the bird

I will like feedback on photography techniques.
The following is the camera settings used to photograph this picture.
I have chosen aperture priority, using D70 built-in flash, f2.8 80-200 lens at 200, about 2m from subject.

I will like feedback on post processing techniques.
I have done the following post processing; sharpening and gradual tinting.

 

[Harry Potter]

A portrait orientation would be better I guess, too much dead spaces...I dun like the tail being cropped away slightly...can leave more room for the tail...

 

[jkaiser]

i think the flash is abit too harsh, esp near its belly... was it really that dark to make u use flash even though u have a f/2.8?

I like the diagaonal stalk, n the fact that u gave the bird abit more space above it..like it's gazing upwards @ something...