edeno de fotographie: Character

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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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Camera Model: NIKON D70
Lens: Sigma 70-200 / f 2.8 APO HSM
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec
F-Number: f/3.2
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
Focal Length (35mm Equiv): 300 mm

I wanted to capture this "over-the-shoulder" shot and managed to after this bird pose nicely for the "shooters". There was a shelther with a "peeping" hole for people to admire these birds and my frens and i met another group of shutterbugs. So the 5 or 6 of us were practically aiming all our lenses at this bird and it was happily posing away (whether it noticed us was unknown till now). There was much character in its eyes and i really like the shot. Only complain is that it's facing left instead of facing right.

3 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Only complain is that it's facing left instead of facing right.
Invert the photo!; 18 May, 2006 03:26
Anonymous said...: Nice pose from your model! The composition makes this a great portrait.; 18 May, 2006 08:55
Anonymous said...: Yeah, I would flip the photo, no big issue.

My favourite so far is still the owl shot; you can't beat the bokeh there! The bokeh here in comparison is marred by the speckles of light and they draw me away from the subject.

Bokeh aside, there are still many factors that blemish the image in comparison. The main problem is that there is little seperation between the background and the subject's head, the bright white body is overwhelming the entire picture which is largely in shadows and some midtones. Colour harmony is definitely inferior to the owl shot.

Composition-wise, it seems very static despite placing the subject's head on the thirds. A good part of the image is in negative space but serves little purpose in the composition. The subject's body leads the picture up the neck, around the head, and out of the bottom of the picture through its beak (see http://www.exposuredailies.net/critique/DSC_6518_filtered_lines.jpg); there is a lack of visual interest and leading lines within the photograph to keep and sustain the viewer's attention.

And finally, despite the eyes being your favourite part of this shot, I found it difficult to appreciate his "attitude" when there is a lack of seperation between the eyes and its head. In fact, it would have been impossible to spot the eye if not for the catch light. This shot doesn't work for me.

p/s I kinda like the Flamingo shot, but I'm still trying to figure out what's wrong with it. I don't think it's the number of colours (there's only 2) as Ashwin had pointed out, but perhaps the intensity of the colour that is not soothing to the eye.; 18 May, 2006 19:58

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