Worm Eating Warbler- environmental

I do like environmental portraits, for my taste I think there's a little too much surrounding space and the bird is a touch central. I think if you cropped slightly there's a good image there
 
I also made two other crops... I originally went with the tightest composition (I normally do).

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IMO, this last one doesn't have quite enough resolution remaining... there's very little detail visible.

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This is like another "how hard can you crop" scenarios... but it also shows how cropping reduces the DOField.
 
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Hi Steven,

I prefer the hard crop (last image).

Would it help to run it through Gigapixel - pre-crop?
 
I prefer the first crop - to me it illustrates the bird's environment but the negative space doesn't distract
 
Sorry but too small imho. They look like they have been taken with a phone and could not get close enough. I know I prefer bird portraits but these seeem to ignore the bird and just show the environment/ branch. Sorry but just my opinion fwiw
 
Gary Rawlins said:
Hi Steven,

I prefer the hard crop (last image).

Would it help to run it through Gigapixel - pre-crop?
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Gigapixel could help, but pre or post wouldn't make much difference...

FWIW even the hardest crop shown is less than 100%... it's ~ 4.7 MP from a 46MP sensor downsampled to less than 1MP for posting in the forums. But the compression from 4.7MP to 0.8MP doesn't reduce the visible detail (actual resolution) much at all...
 
nc_killie said:
Sorry but too small imho. They look like they have been taken with a phone and could not get close enough. I know I prefer bird portraits but these seeem to ignore the bird and just show the environment/ branch. Sorry but just my opinion fwiw
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No worries, it's all valid...
I tend to go with tigter portraits as well. The artsy images (attempts) are much more hit/miss (and opinion based).
 
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