Bird in Tree

[Reed]

I just shot this yesterday as a throwaway but as I look at it, I wonder if there is really something there. This was a really crappy day, a couple of inches of rain and flooding. I saw this bird and took a shot. This is not B/W. The only thing I did in PP was a slight crop.



Nikon D7000
1/250 @ f/5.6
ISO 100
105mm

[zenandzen]

I don't feel qualified to critique.

There is a certain 'something' going on here that I cannot put a name to.

Minimalism?

Negative space?

Monochromatic?

I like it.

My verdict ; definite don't know.

[windrider86]

Without really knowing what you want help with it's hard to give you a good critique.
However, here's my take: too much going on and the bird, which is the focal point, gets lost.
Try a vertical crop to remove some of the tree on either side.

[EOBeav]

I agree about the vertical crop. One problem I've had for the last few months is a shortage of mornings/evenings with some nice color to the sky. I hope that ends soon. One thing that I think would really help this shot would be to have some better colors/clouds in the sky.

[Krusty79]

I like this shot. I agree that a nice sky would help a lot, but that was out of your control. Maybe some PP to add some contrast between the dark branches and the blah sky? I also feel the bird is too small in the shot, so I would like to see the vertical crop or to just zoom in a bit in the current format.

[windrider86]

You can do that by playing with adjustment layers. Use the saturation layer to perhaps adjust the hues or saturation

[Reed]

I did like the way that the limbs made formed a vee to the bird in the original,

Here is one with more of a vertical crop and some adjustments in LR. Just can't seem to bring out more color.