Shot was captured during a raptor free flight program at Bearizona Wildlife Park. It was a very overcast day, taken last Sunday. Soared right over my head.
Imagemaster wrote:
First shot is perfect, no need to see more of the bird.
Tony
I disagree. I am not one who favors to crop an image to highlight the eyes as you did. Some do, some don't. You might consider a tighter horizontal crop. Both images are excellent.
Ted ellis wrote:
I disagree. I am not one who favors to crop an image to highlight the eyes as you did. Some do, some don't. You might consider a tighter horizontal crop. Both images are excellent.
Ted
Just to clarify a few things the first image and post is not a crop, its what the shot is all about. He was literally in my face, the second image was earlier in the shot sequence. Second I did not realize your "need to see more bird" was a critique and not a request to actually see more of the bird lol. Not sure what you are trying to express to Imagemaster though unless you thought it was me.
Cheatdeath wrote:
Just to clarify a few things the first image and post is not a crop, its what the shot is all about. He was literally in my face, the second image was earlier in the shot sequence. Second I did not realize your "need to see more bird" was a critique and not a request to actually see more of the bird lol. Not sure what you are trying to express to Imagemaster though unless you thought it was me.
First off, my reply was directed to you via Imagemaster's reply to you.
There are many "nature photographers" who photograph captured birds and present them as you did. No harm no foul.
I, for a critique asked if you had a full owl shot.
Cheatdeath wrote:
Just to clarify a few things the first image and post is not a crop, its what the shot is all about. He was literally in my face, the second image was earlier in the shot sequence. Second I did not realize your "need to see more bird" was a critique and not a request to actually see more of the bird lol. Not sure what you are trying to express to Imagemaster though unless you thought it was me.
Thank you to everyone for the comments as well.
Don't worry about what some other people think your image should look like. It is your image and your choice.
Those who insist on seeing the whole subject have a very narrow-minded vision of what a shot MUST be.
It also happens to be a fact that the tighter an image is cropped, the more detail is visible in that crop. This shot is all about the eyes, and would simply not look as good if the whole bird was shown.
IMO, the same can be said about a "wild" image compared to a "captive" image. I could care less if the photographer spent more time or effort on capturing a wild subject. I care about the final image, not how it was captured.
Imagemaster wrote:
It also happens to be a fact that the tighter an image is cropped, the more detail is visible in that crop. This shot is all about the eyes, and would simply not look as good if the whole bird was shown.
Yes this is exactly what the shot is about. If you notice in the exif data I zoomed in rather than out while he was flying at me trying to get the shot. This owl's eyes are spectacular and the image captured exactly what I was going for.
What a shot... the eyes are great! Not sure how much cropping you can do or have done, but I think the eyes on the left hand side of the frame would be interesting since it seems to be flying in that direction.
Of course now that I look at it maybe it's moving right. Either way it doesn't matter - terrific shot!
