Gallinule #2

[dadas115]

Here's another gallinule from this past weekend. Once again shot with my Digital Rebel and EF 100-400 IS lens.

Greg

[gahspidy]

The colors of the water are nice, but there is too much included. The Subject here needs to be brought in closer and a better " moment " needed to be captured. The picture could have worked from the distance it was taken if the bird was captured in such a way that it's activity or posture was intrigueing or captured ones attention more effectively.

[dadas115]

I literally have thousands of pictures of gallinules so capturing a picture of the gallinule wasn’t really the point of this shot. This is more along the lines of my version of a scenery shot. The water really is the subject of the picture and it happens to have a bird in it. I guess that isn’t enough though.

Thanks for your thoughtful comments.

Greg

[Chunk]

Here's another gallinule from this past weekend. Once again shot with my Digital Rebel and EF 100-400 IS lens.

Greg

I think I'd like the composition with about 1/4 (or a little less) of the bottom cropped off. Would that remove anything real important to you?
I like the good exposure and interesting emergant plants as well as the details in the subject.

[dadas115]

Yes maybe it would be better with some off the bottom and more on the top.

Thanks,

Greg