Duck Series. :)

echoyjeff222 · May 28, 2012

Found this little munchkin munching on his afternoon snack

Enjoy. This was probably over a span of 30 seconds.

DSCN1105 by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

DSCN1106 by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

DSCN1107 by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

DSCN1108 by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

echoyjeff222 · May 28, 2012

sorry ... errr .. not a duck. hahahaa

tirediron · May 28, 2012

When is a duck not a duck? Why, when it's a seagull of course!

Nice series, but I think a tighter crop on the bird and his supper would make them even stronger.

echoyjeff222 · May 28, 2012

you mean for all of them?

tirediron · May 28, 2012

Yes, I'd crop them all the same, removing [approximately] the top half and the LH half.

Ernicus · May 28, 2012

I agree. The focus is on the bird eating that starfish, pretty cool capture...the extra, especially on top...to me is not necessary.

echoyjeff222 · May 28, 2012

so ignore the thirds?

Ernicus · May 28, 2012

if you halved top and halved bottom as Iron suggested, it should still be in thirds. at times you can break the rules as well...all dependent on the shot. I would almost want to see the foliage on the bottom...however that may put bird right in middle...I am guessing which is why he suggested halving the bottom as well.

Ernicus · May 28, 2012

Your thingy doesn't say if pics are ok or not to edit...so I hope this don't offend.

This kinda crop still follows the rot's. Just to give you an idea...certainly do it how you like it. It's yours afterall. :=_

I noticed that the bird isn't quite in focus after zooming, and I brought down the saturation a hair as well and left a bit of foliage. Still a neat pic though.

echoyjeff222 · May 28, 2012

here they are. and yeah, i was about to say it gets out of focus if you zoom in hehe. i already had it totally zoomed in and my heart was pumping in the heat of the moment

hard to hold the camera still hahaha. a few are clearer than others, though. maybe just crop some? oh i like your crop more

DSCN1108crop by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

DSCN1107crop by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

DSCN1106crop by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

DSCN1105 crop by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

echoyjeff222 · May 28, 2012

i think 1105 was the bluriest so maybe i'll leave that one normal

Ernicus · May 29, 2012

The only real difference in mine and yours was you didn't pull in the left side of the pic to compensate, with that much dead space, try to make your image be within the right 2/3 of the image rather than the right 1/3, since there is nothing exciting to look at over there; and I did a bit of adjusting for the highlights kill..saturation kill...etc. Oh, and I left a little more on the top so you can see the full wave, not a cut wave as you have. I figured if we give them something to look at, might as well be the full thing..since we are only talking about centimeter at that point...if that. ;-)

Being new I understand it's hard to control emotion sometimes when you see something kinda cool. I guess, in time, we'll get better at it.