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Hi Mike, thanks first of all, this looks much better, with one or two reservations though, if you may bear with me that is -
a) the bird of prey looks grand, crisp detailed and lovely colours; however, the background kept relatively sharp and its contents, the gulls I mean, tend to distract rather than help your subject;
b)personally, I would have either opted to lose it completely by shifting my viewpoint by a couple of paces or, if that were not possible, retain the same framing and lose the background by going for the widest aperture (selective dof).
This, of course, unless you shot from pretty far away and the longer focal length didn't allow you further selective dof between your subject and the gulls in the background.
Hope you may find this helpful in future similar situations.
Regards,
Joe
a) the bird of prey looks grand, crisp detailed and lovely colours; however, the background kept relatively sharp and its contents, the gulls I mean, tend to distract rather than help your subject;
b)personally, I would have either opted to lose it completely by shifting my viewpoint by a couple of paces or, if that were not possible, retain the same framing and lose the background by going for the widest aperture (selective dof).
This, of course, unless you shot from pretty far away and the longer focal length didn't allow you further selective dof between your subject and the gulls in the background.
Hope you may find this helpful in future similar situations.
Regards,
Joe