Peekaboo Peacock

[250Gimp]

Another shot from the Melbourne zoo.

Let me know what you think.

This was shot through heavy foliage. I could barely see the bird until I looked through the lense to see 'through' the leaves.

Cheers

 

[tirediron]

Given the circumstances, nicely done. I would consider cropping some of the sides off, the bright areas are a little distracting.

 

[250Gimp]

Thanks Tireiron

I tried several different crops, and thought I would try using the bamboo as a border while keeping a 6x4 aspect ratio.

Anywho, here is another crop. Let me know what you think.

 

[matt-l]

i like the last one best. good idea on trying to border it with the bamboo, but i think it kills it.

great shots none the less!

 

[250Gimp]

Thanks Matt-l

 

[LaFoto]

The brightness of the bamboo compared to the peacock's rather dark face is what makes the framing a difficult matter, since our eyes cannot but look towards bright things when all you really want is for them to look at your subject. That, so I think, makes your bamboo framing so "heavy". I think that the eyes and feathers also look instantly brighter in the cropped version, without the distraction by the bright frames to the left and the right.

 

[250Gimp]

I have to agree with you LaFoto!!

Thanks

 

[Dmitri]

The second one is much better, in my most humble of opinions. And I may be crazy, but it really looks like a wedding portrait -- of a peacock tho. It has that hazy, dreamy look

 

[250Gimp]

Thanks Dmitri, the haziness is from shooting through the brush.

Cheers