Balance

[Colm Noonan]

Camera: Olympus E-410
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 150 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Manual

Hi there,

I was out for a walk along the River Liffey in Dublin City today and saw this little chappie deciding whether to go for it or not. I went for it and this is what I came up with.

All comments and advice are welcome as usual.

Thank you.

[Sid]

I'm not sure what your focus is. I'm guessing the gull but I dont even see him until my eye gets past the black claw for tying up boats (what are they called again?) Either way it DOMINATES the photo, which is a good thing if that was the subject. More contrast would probably work well here.

[loondiver]

I looked at this image for a few seconds, then laughed out loud! I was tickled by how delicate and light the bird looks in contrast to the Claw. Cool picture.

I would play around with cropping it tighter. Maybe even have the bird in the lower right corner, a bit off-balance to accentuate the contrast between heavy & dark, white and light.

Keep up the good work....

[jiminyClickit]

Colm Noonan,

The fixable part for next time would include metering off the back of the bird. He's lost all the detail of the upper feathers. The hooks would be easier to lighten up in a slightly under-exposed version. A light-touch vignette would help to focus attention on bird.

[jiminyClickit]

Colm Noonan,

In my imagination, it could look like this:

[Colm Noonan]

Very nice what you did.Subtle but very nice

Thank you.