Seagull

[Herrmann]

Taken during a visit to a Castel dell'Ovo, Naples.
Tamron 17-50 @50mm, f/2.8



Seagull by Marcin Matecki, on Flickr

 

[gramps]

Looks a little under-exposed and would benefit from the white feathers being lifted.

 

[Herrmann]

Looks a little under-exposed and would benefit from the white feathers being lifted.

Thanks gramps. The lighting was not perfect and this is the best I could do with it

 

[pooley]

Close to being a very interesting shot, I love it when you can get in with wide(ish) angle lenses with wildlife.

2 little points would have helped here, 1 technical, the other artistic. From your setting you had a lot of light available to you, so if you'd have either pushed the ISO 1 stop or slowed the shutter speed down a stop then you'd have had a cleaner file to work with and a more accurate exposure.

If you'd had lowered yourself just a few centimetres then the bird would have looked a lot more dramatic and the background may have been a little cleaner as well.

A nice effort though and good to see a different approach

Mike

 

[Herrmann]

Close to being a very interesting shot, I love it when you can get in with wide(ish) angle lenses with wildlife.

2 little points would have helped here, 1 technical, the other artistic. From your setting you had a lot of light available to you, so if you'd have either pushed the ISO 1 stop or slowed the shutter speed down a stop then you'd have had a cleaner file to work with and a more accurate exposure.

If you'd had lowered yourself just a few centimetres then the bird would have looked a lot more dramatic and the background may have been a little cleaner as well.

A nice effort though and good to see a different approach

Mike

Thanks for the pointers