Birds at the Chattahoochee River, ATL

[FireStorm]

I was down in Atlanta for a couple of days, and my cousins live on the chattahoochee river. So I took a couple shots when i had the time. I tried to get a good shot of the herring there, but missed it as it flew away... ah well. Critiques encouraged.. thanks!

 

[jjphotos]

Well I'm new to photography too so my advice may not be accurate, but I'll give it to you anyways...haha

#1- Too much empty uninteresting space. The heron seems to be blown out.

#2- You couldn't really control it, but it would have been nice if the Canada goose was facing you. Also the missing part of the wing kinda bothers me.

#4- The background is too busy with sticks and there is also a stick that obstructs the view of the Cardinal. Also, the bird seems a few stops underexposed and it has a weird (yellow?) tinge on its body. The picture also seems to lack detail and the eye seems to be missing...

In general, I think the pictures are not as sharp as they should be.

Keep in mind this is just my opinion haha.

 

[FireStorm]

Well I'm new to photography too so my advice may not be accurate, but I'll give it to you anyways...haha

#1- Too much empty uninteresting space. The heron seems to be blown out.

#2- You couldn't really control it, but it would have been nice if the Canada goose was facing you. Also the missing part of the wing kinda bothers me.

#4- The background is too busy with sticks and there is also a stick that obstructs the view of the Cardinal. Also, the bird seems a few stops underexposed and it has a weird (yellow?) tinge on its body. The picture also seems to lack detail and the eye seems to be missing...

In general, I think the pictures are not as sharp as they should be.

Keep in mind this is just my opinion haha.

Appreciate it! Yea, I wish the goose was flying towards me, too.. but I stood there for about 45 minutes and not one single goose flew my direction, haha. I kinda caught that picture off guard, so that's why the left wing is clipped, too.

Not sure why the cardinal has a yellow hue to it. I was just trying to make it 'POP' a bit more from the background. I kind of like the twigs around it, it's that pesky twig that obstructs the view that I dislike.

I def. have some improvements.. but thanks for your input