Critique Kingfisher

A bit of info might help with the critique :thinking:
Composition is too low and central with a lot of dead space behind the bird, looks a little soft but that could be me liking them a bit sharper than this.
Plus points are the whites are good and the colours look spot on (y)
 
As he said, soft and central. No exif showing.
 
Sorry Neil i am new to this. I havent played around with them they are as i took them.
 
Runner111 said:
Probably sound stupid but what is exif ?
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It's the details of the shot electronically recorded when the picture is taken. Includes all the settings, camera and lens details etc etc.
 
Runner111 said:
Sorry Neil i am new to this. I havent played around with them they are as i took them.
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Have a browse through some of the threads for ideas on what needs doing, if these are unprocessed you can do a lot of improvements to these.
Sorry i don't do proper critique these days as it tends to offend if imperfections are pointed out to some.
 
Runner111 said:
Dont worry about me Neil i am thick skinned.
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What Neil and Brian are trying to say is that the bird is too central in the frame, that the colours are a bit washed out and the detail is not very crisp. This is entirely down to a lack of processing mate.

The pic below is a very quick edit to hopefully show what we mean.


runners KF by www.wildlifenorthwest.co.uk, on Flickr

Not the greatest edit, but difficult to edit such a small file, work with the original and you will get it loads better pal. Any questions, just ask.

Thick skinned people are easier to help, so ask away.
 
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fracster said:
What Neil and Brian are trying to say is that the bird is too central in the frame, that the colours are a bit washed out and the detail is not very crisp. This is entirely down to a lack of processing mate.

The pic below is a very quick edit to hopefully show what we mean.


runners KF by www.wildlifenorthwest.co.uk, on Flickr

Not the greatest edit, but difficult to edit such a small file, work with the original and you will get it loads better pal. Any questions, just ask.

Thick skinned people are easier to help, so ask away.
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A vast improvement and better than anything you've ever taken.
 
:withstupid:
I just added a bit on the bottom and cleaned the branch up.
Bit of sharpen on the bird.
More time and the RAW file would give a much better result (y)


kf edit by Neil B on Talk Photography
 
Neil B said:
:withstupid:
I just added a bit on the bottom and cleaned the branch up.
Bit of sharpen on the bird.
More time and the RAW file would give a much better result (y)


kf edit by Neil B on Talk Photography
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One down,180 pages to go (y)
 
Im not a bird photographer but I would have love to have taken this one and been really happy with it, but \i can see the difference in the re worked picture from the guys who know--- Its now a fabulous shot, nice one martin,

geoff
 
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