Asian Kite

[jdepould]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdepould/2326898659/" title="Dragon by jdepould, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/2326898659_973886f2b6.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Dragon" /></a>
D300/50mm f/1.8; 1/60s, f/4 @ ISO500. Click through for full EXIF, more info on the exhibit and more pictures.

I'm mostly thinking about composition here, does having the main element off-center work? On a secondary note, the reds in the tongue are clipping, which I think has a little to do with sRGB, is it distracting? I turned vibrance to -1 and saturation to +10 in Lightroom, I could go in a bump down the luminance and saturation in the red channel, but I don't want to lose the "pop."

[netbymatt]

I think the off center composition works fine. It's just a little hard to tell the kite from the wall behind it. Also, the shadow falling on the right third of the image takes away from your subject as well. I didn't notice any problems with the red in the tongue until I read your post.

[RussHeath]

Having the main element off center works well, and I cannot see any clipped reds at this size. I agree with netbymatt that the large shadow on the right is a bit distracting, but overall the composition and colors are very nice.