Chambers Creek Eagle
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Thank you Max and Rocky for your thoughts and suggestions.
Is this crop closer to what both of you are referring to?
I was afraid to crop too close because the eagle is not tack sharp. I now know that even if a shot is not perfect, one can always work on the PP side of photography.
Deka
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fiznatty
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I would agree with your assessment that there may be too much empty space (though this is due in part to an issue I mention below). However, I think you were smart to leave more room on the right side of the frame. Since the eagle is pointed that direction, the eye will naturally look left-to-right, so you typically want to leave some room over there. How much is up to you. I can envision a tighter crop both from the left and right that would focus more on the eagle and the downward slanting branch to its right which would work pretty well.
The main issue for me is that this image seems split in half. The eagle is close to the vertical center of the frame, and the balance between tree and sky is basically 50/50. You often hear about not placing horizons right in the middle of the frame (a rule that may occasionally be broken, of course), and this photo seems to have done that by creating an imaginary line right across the center. I think you'd be better off either composing/cropping to include more sky or more tree... either way would probably be better than leaving it evenly split.
Max
The main issue for me is that this image seems split in half. The eagle is close to the vertical center of the frame, and the balance between tree and sky is basically 50/50. You often hear about not placing horizons right in the middle of the frame (a rule that may occasionally be broken, of course), and this photo seems to have done that by creating an imaginary line right across the center. I think you'd be better off either composing/cropping to include more sky or more tree... either way would probably be better than leaving it evenly split.
Max
not a bad shot at all, Deka, though i tend to agree wit Max regarding the composition... negative space is often a good thing, and in this case, but the eagle is just a bit too centered in the image, and there's a little too much tree and sky. the eagle should be a little more prominent in the photo.
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Deka
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Thank you Max and Rocky for your thoughts and suggestions.
Is this crop closer to what both of you are referring to?
I was afraid to crop too close because the eagle is not tack sharp. I now know that even if a shot is not perfect, one can always work on the PP side of photography.
Deka
