a couple of bird shot, please critique

[schumionbike]

1)
Camera make: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Camera model: KODAK EASYSHARE Z710 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMER
Date/Time: 2007:04:22 14:32:37
Resolution: 640 x 386
Flash used: No
Focal length: 63.0mm (35mm equivalent: 380mm)
Exposure time: 0.0010 s (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO equiv.: 64
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Auto bracketing

2)
Camera make: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Camera model: KODAK EASYSHARE Z710 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMER
Date/Time: 2007:04:14 13:22:33
Resolution: 640 x 427
Flash used: No
Focal length: 47.7mm (35mm equivalent: 288mm)
Exposure time: 0.0025 s (1/400)
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv.: 400
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Auto bracketing

Any critique or comment would be great, thanks everyone!!!

 

[gmarquez]

On the first one, there is so much glare on the water that I think your auto metering overcompensated, and squashed the mallard's head to black. The next time you are shooting a duck on water, see if there is another position you can get into that has less glare. Also, if/when you use an SLR, a polarizing filter should take care of most of it. Do they make polarizers for point-and-shoots?

I like the twins in the second shot. Crop them tighter and you would have a nice photo.

 

[schumionbike]

Hey, thanks for the comment. I was wondering why I couldn't see the eyes of the mallard in the picture but you explain it. Thanks. I'm not sure if they make polarizer for point and shoot, I'll just look around for a better angle next time. As for the second picture, how would you crop it? I was worry that composition was a bit busy but I wasn't sure how to go about it.