Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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