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[leon-b]

Hi guys, went to flatford today and took these photos, what ones do you like and how could i improve them ?








thanks leon

[eeyore]

the two biggest improvements I would suggest would be

a) to lie down to get a more horizontal shot - at the min you have the dreaded "my dog" angle, particularly on the top two

and

b) most of the ducks are swimming out of the frame - as with birds in flight and with deer (and most everything else ) youneed to leave about a 1/3 of the frame for them to swim into

also in the top shot the ducks dont appear to be quite sharp , it appears that the focus point was on the water in the middle

hope that is helpful

[leon-b]

thanks mate, i also noticed that about the top photo, so lie down and leave some room for the bird to swim into, i am very happy with the bottom one though
leon

[eeyore]

yep thats the best of the bunch - to be hyper critical I would have left a bit more space at the bottom as you have slightly cropped her reflection , and as i said leave a bit more space in front of her and a bit less behind and you would have a winner.

[leon-b]

thanks, i tried to get the eyes a third of the way in, next time i will leave more room in front and try to include the reflection
leon

[leon-b]

heres a few more, what do you think of these ones ?











leon

[eeyore]

well done on remembering your rule of thirds - but when it says "a third of the way in" you really ought to take the third in the direction the subject is facing - here your subject is effectively on the 2/3 line which is okay for small subjects but on a duck close up doesnt give much room to the front

edit : sorry this was a reply to your post 2 above

[eeyore]

On your second set of pics the fungus on the log has potential , but i would have framed a bit more to the left to include the whole log end and to reduce the dead space onthe right hand side.

2nd one down the horizon is severely tilted - big no no

3rd one is a good composition but the light is a bit flat - if you took this again at sunrise/sunset or with a more interesting sky you would be on to something

and the bottom two are basically fungi record / ID shots that i'm not qualified to comment on as i know nuttin about fungus , but they dont do a lot for me artistically speaking.

[leon-b]

i also like the 1st one, the second one is very tilted - not done on purpose, the third one looks a bit plain to me, the two fungus are collared earthstars and i like the pics, i thought they looked quite good

leon

[Lords and Ladies]

I like the third of the duck photos. With the male turning away making water ripples and the female looking on. Captures a bit more of a 'moment' for me than the others.