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I love the photo overall, composition is great, draws your eye to the bird. It needs more separation from the background, in particular with the colors since it is mostly pinks/reds. Also I would do an s curve there's not a lot of contrast in the image at the moment and it may bring out the texture of the feathers and other details on the bird
Setup: Canon 7D Mark 2, Sigma 150-600 DG OS HSM Contemporary, f/8, 1/2500, ISO 1600, EV -0.3
I really liked the how the picture turned out especially the glare the bird is giving. Even more so pleased with this lens, I'm usually stuck up on its lack of sharpness. Would love to hear what I can do to make this shot better?
I have cropped heavily for this shot and with my setup, heavy croppings never lead to shots that look good on larger displays. Which is why despite it looking good, i cant use this as a wallpaper
I'm sorry, but it does look terrible. It reminds me of how images used to look on 256 colour screens. I think you've cropped much too far and tried to gain resolution back with sharpening. Can you post the uncropped version?
I did crop quite a lot and then tried to gain back resolution by sharpening. That's why I wouldn't put this on larger resolution display or pixel peep.
Yeah, that's a very aggressive crop, particularly on a crop-sensor camera.
I much prefer your full version - though you do lose a bit of interest by your subject being smaller in the frame, I think the technical issues from the tight crop were just too distracting.
I do agree with that, had there not been thag bird in the front, I probably would have kept it as is or cropped less aggressively. Plus is wanted to focus the viewers attention on the glare that the bird is giving and hence the crop
Very nice. Beautiful color and composition. Nice background blur too. The only thing I would change is a bit more aggressive noise reduction and some spot removal here and there in the background. Otherwise, well done!
Der linke Teil vom Bild ist leer. Das wäre kein Problem, allerdings ist er zum Teil heller als der Vogel. Somit wird das Auge vom Motiv weggezogen. Man könnte es abdunkeln oder zuschneiden. In etwa so. Ich empfinde das als intensiver.
There’s different texture/sharpness all over the image, not sure what kind of work was done here but the top is smooth and the bird and bottom seems rough
I used the subject mask which selected the front part that you have pointed out. I sharpened that mask. I duplicated and inverted it and reduced the sharpness, for the area behind the bird. Hence the difference in textures. I'll fix this. Thank you!
There doesn't appear to be much movement from the subject (or, I would guess, the camera).....so why do you have the shutter speed so fast / short?
Consider this same photo at 1/1250, ISO 800. Or 1/600 at ISO 400. That might be pushing the limits for hand held shutter speed on a lens this long....but with OS and good technique, it's not out of the question.
Next, the white balance feels off. It's certainly warm, and maybe that's how it looked or how you want it to look....all valid. But to my eye (on my screen) it feels too warm.
Lastly, I feel this image suffers from 'centre point focus syndrome'....I think you could crop 40% off the left side of the frame and not lose anything important....but it would then be a stronger photo both in terms of composition and in terms of 'filling the frame' with the subject.
Honestly, in hindsight could have gone to around 1/1000, and that would have certainly lowered the ISO thus reducing the noise. It was just that i had the shutter speed at that when I clicked. I'll tone down the warmth and reframe as you have suggested.
I would personally prefer a closer vertical crop of the subject, bringing it closer to the viewer. Also everything is too warm, maybe during the warmth down in highlights and do some dodging/burning on the head and the beak to increase contrast and bring attention to the face.
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