Time to fly home

[abasu]

Exif data:
Camera Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Shooting Date/Time 03-06-2010 20:13:24
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/125
Av( Aperture Value ) 18.0
Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed 100
Lens 55.0 - 250.0 mm
Focal Length 171.0 mm
Image Size 2304x3456
Image Quality Fine
Flash Off

Please comment me on the composition and exposure. whether the jetty is correctly placed and or the bird is at the correct position. All type of comments to improve the photo is welcome.

[abhijnanm]

Hi basu. I like the flutter of the wings and u captured it at a very beautiful moment. The jetty couldnt have been placed at a better position than you already have. But I feel you can make the picture even better if you try to crop the picture from the bottom. The sun's reflection is a bit distracting from your main subject (the bird) and it creates a lot of free space in the frame.

If you get another opportunity to shoot something like this then I feel the bird being a little more to the left of the frame(maybe just before the sun) would've added to your composition.Just a feel.

[abasu]

Originally Posted by abhijnanm

Hi basu. I like the flutter of the wings and u captured it at a very beautiful moment. The jetty couldnt have been placed at a better position than you already have. But I feel you can make the picture even better if you try to crop the picture from the bottom. The sun's reflection is a bit distracting from your main subject (the bird) and it creates a lot of free space in the frame.

If you get another opportunity to shoot something like this then I feel the bird being a little more to the left of the frame(maybe just before the sun) would've added to your composition.Just a feel.

Hi abhijnanm, how about this one

[Ben Holder]

I like the crop MUCH better. Having the sun off to one side, and some of the sand removed really focuses in on the bird.

[jillmp13]

Originally Posted by Ben Holder

I like the crop MUCH better. Having the sun off to one side, and some of the sand removed really focuses in on the bird.

I totally agree. In the first version, there was so much space, and with this cropped version, the bird/sun are a bit bigger, more like the subject of the photo

[sunwrites]

the second one is certainly an improvement over the first so i'll only comment on that. i think you set out with a great composition idea and achieve a lot in the shot. however i do feel that all the objects of interest in the frame (sun, jetty, bird) are a bit crowded at one place. i know you couldn't have done much about the bird but perhaps taking the shot from a different perspective so that the jetty and the sun were more apart could have imparted better balance to the composition. still, its a great attempt.

[abhijnanm]

Exactly what I had in mind.Nice job