Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for those ideas Doug. They fit nicely with the concept I'm trying to achieve - empathetic portraits of animals and their environment, rather than frame filling mug shots every time. The robin on the nest is kind of intimate - I chose it for that reason. There are others from that sequence that show mother robin in brighter light, with head up and alert, perhaps better ornithologically but not more appealing. Rick. On 23/02/2005, at 3:24 AM, Douglas Herr wrote: > Rick Dykstra <rdcb37@dodo.com.au> wrote: > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Nature > > Rick, > > IMHO the best candidates for big prints are (in no particular order): > > Peregrine Falcon > Rainbow Bee-eater > Willy Wagtail > Cormorant > Yellow Robin (perched) > > I'd love to have included one of the Boobook Owl photos in this list > but a few things could have been better, strictly from a compositional > perspective. Certainly from a subject matter perspective they're > stellar! I'd love to have seen the expression of the lower owl in the > second picture along with the lighting in the eyes of the upper owl in > the first picture. The extreme contrast of the background distracts > from the owls too. > > I'd print the Yellow Robin on the nest at a smaller size. This is an > intimate view of the bird; s/he is trying to stay out of sight so to > preserve that feeling I wouldn't make the photo huge. Make it small > so people have to look to find it, just like they might in nature. > > The swallows are another I'd print smaller, partly because it's a > small bird and mostly because of the lettering on the sign. At a > large size the bright lettering would be too much for my eyes. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >