Took this picture at punggol beach yesterday. New to DSLR. Just bought a D40 a month ago.
Still playing around with my cam.
Comments please. :sweatsm:
The quinessential photographic moment, but the capture may have missed the moment.
First the angle was is too steep and we see very little bird. A more broadside view of more bird will be more satisfying. And then also the two birds can better filled the space within the window of view defined by the photograph. As it is the empty grey space is not contributing to the picture.
Second it was shot into the light, as evidenced by the shadow of the bird which is towards the viewer, and so we are seeing the shadowed side of the bird, again not revealing the bird. This can be helped in photoediting but there will be inherently limited data in the shadows and therefore only so much can be done.
But certainly you will object saying that it is the best you can do given the moment, and that even to get any shot of such fleeting creatures is commendable and great effort, and ought to be praised. Indeed it is, but that does not make it a good picture. That is a different matter altogether.
:embrass: Thanks eikin,
Yup, posted this picture for C&C due to the expressions and the constrast between movement and stillness captured. Want to have a sense if this will work. Jia Wang shares that a higher speed will freeze both birds, but this is not possible at that fleeting moment to change my camara settings.
I felt that the bird on the right is isolate due to the selective focus, and the one on the left explained the expression on its face. Got to admit that there's too much grey space in the photo.
I am new to post processing. Hope, I did not over do this one. :embrass: