perched bluetit

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27 Dec 2009 - 4:58 PM

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Instead of centralising your subject try to compose the shot with it a little to the side of the frame. This helps the viewers eye settle on the frame a lot easier than a centrally placed subject.
Here I'd crop a bit behind the bluetit and a bit below to give a balanced composition.

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banehawi (Critique Team)

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27 Dec 2009 - 11:10 PM

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Its a nice shot, - and sometimes, shots with an element such as the curved chair/rail can look good centered, - though both work for me. If the crop was performed on V1, with some space taken off the top also, you would also get a pleasing composition, with the frame divided almost perfectly into white and green triangles.

The main suggestion I have though is to sharpen quite a bit more, - you need to sharpen after re sizing. What worked for me when I downloaded this was:

USM: Amount = 100; Radius = 0.8; Threshold = 3, applied only to the bird, as the chair back is in better focus that the bird.


Hope this is helpful,


Regards


Willie

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