Critique Some Of my Photos:

[Scott Whaley]

I've been playing around with photography for about 4 years now. I started out with an Old Canon Rebel camera, then worked up to a Canon 7D Mark ii, and now use a Canon 5D Mark iv. I love taking photos of birds: Especially birds in flight. I have a few that I would like a critique on. Don't hold back because I am just looking for ways to make my photos better.

Thanks.

Scott

 

[randyphotoforum]

Number your pics

1&2, keep the bird out of the center. Leave space in the direction the bird is flying. Remove some shadows in PS

3, remove some shadows, cleanup vignette
4&5 find a better angle that doesn’t have leaves in the view

 

[Scott Whaley]

Number your pics

1&2, keep the bird out of the center. Leave space in the direction the bird is flying. Remove some shadows in PS

3, remove some shadows, cleanup vignette
4&5 find a better angle that doesn’t have leaves in the view

Thanks for the comments. I will take this into consideration. Just a quick question: Why would I not want the birds in 1 & 2 to be centered?

 

[birdbonkers84]

Number your pics

1&2, keep the bird out of the center. Leave space in the direction the bird is flying. Remove some shadows in PS

3, remove some shadows, cleanup vignette
4&5 find a better angle that doesn’t have leaves in the view

Thanks for the comments. I will take this into consideration. Just a quick question: Why would I not want the birds in 1 & 2 to be centered?

So the bird is facing/flying into the frame, feels compositionally better.

 

[randyphotoforum]

Number your pics

1&2, keep the bird out of the center. Leave space in the direction the bird is flying. Remove some shadows in PS

3, remove some shadows, cleanup vignette
4&5 find a better angle that doesn’t have leaves in the view

Thanks for the comments. I will take this into consideration. Just a quick question: Why would I not want the birds in 1 & 2 to be centered?

it looks better and for these it makes the bird bigger in the frame

 

[birdbonkers84]

The Osprey in your images seem to have some weird halo around them? that a result of some post production? They're also a little dark, especially around your subject.

 

[BrentC]

Agree with what is said above. Especially in the first two you are doing something in post editing that is leaving artifacts.

 

[Scott Whaley]

Thanks all. I will go back and re-edit them.

 

[Scott Whaley]

How about this one?

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