Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Wed, 06/22/11 13:30
Reminds of some pictures I got in our zoo of flamingos in very similar poses. The dark background helps to make the birds stand out quite well in the image. The image is a little soft (hand held I would imagine)... good candidate for a tripod to capture the birds with sharp clarity.
Comments by Jeff Dye on Wed, 06/22/11 17:46
Did you only take one photo? Not a good idea if you did. Take a bunch and chances are
you'll get at least one that's sharp (the eye of the nearest flamingo in this case). I love the
delete button. Gets used a lot if I stop at the flamingo enclosure at the zoo.
Comments by Robert Tremblay on Thu, 06/23/11 10:53
Out of focus or too much croped?
Legs cutted.
Why choosing 4:3 format?
Comments by Pasindu on Fri, 06/24/11 04:23
I got several photos but this is the best shot I got.Because of the other people around the birds woke up and did not stay still at the same place. Along with that I had to struggle with the angle, composition and lighting condition also.
This is not cropped at all. 4:3 format is the default format of the camera.
Comments by Alias on Fri, 06/24/11 11:40
Jeff suggests deleting "failures".
I suggest studying them first.
We learn by successes and failures.
The more we learn from our "misses" the more successes we will have to learn even more from.
I think most photographers would not consider this a "keeper".
But what they think is less important than what you think.
What are the strengths of this and what are the weaknesses ?
Be honest and evaluate without emotion as if someone else had made the image.
Most importantly how can you improve the next shot ?
I think this shot is "overexposed" but WHY are the highlights "blown" with no detail "
Why are the eyes, (the most important part of most creature shots) so pale ?
The answer is that your camera could not know that the white flamingos were your subject and the dark background was unimportant
so it gave equal exposure importance to both.
How can you make sure the birds will be exposed better next time ?
Well there are several ways,
but probably the easiest is to lock in an exposure reading from an object in the scene which is lit the same as the subject,
but not white or dark, like grass, or earth.
A cheap 18% reflectance card held in the light is
ideal, and it will help you to learn how your camera meter "sees" the world.
Until then, study your "rejects" along with your successes to make a better shot next time.
One thing all photographers share is the desire for a better shot next time.
PS: Your hand is about 1/3 to 2/3 brighter than 18% but it is always, well ... handy ;-)
