chir/p/ chir/p/thoughts? criticism?EXIF data available. Clickhereto show/hide.Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeCanonCamera ModelCanon PowerShot S5 ISMaximum Lens Aperturef/3.5Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaLens Size6.00 - 72.00 mmFirmware VersionFirmware Version 1.01Image-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution180 dpiVertical Resolution180 dpiImage Created2008:07:25 15:51:33Exposure Time1/250 secF-Numberf/3.5Lens Aperturef/3.5Exposure Bias0 EVFlashNo Flash, CompulsoryFocal Length47.40 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width3264Image Height2448RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoScene Capture TypeStandardExposure ModeProgramFocus TypeAutoMetering ModeEvaluativeISO Speed RatingAutoSharpnessNormalSaturationNormalContrastNormalShooting ModeManualImage SizeLargeFocus ModeSingleDrive ModeSingleFlash ModeOffCompression SettingFineMacro ModeNormalSubject Distance2.570 mWhite BalanceAutoExposure Compensation3Sensor ISO Speed160Image Number100-0418
Nice, sharp, great bokeh... but goddamn what I wouldn't give to move that bird to the left half the distance from where it is now to the edge. Would have 2/3's it up and been nice.
>>227828Wow, congratulations on getting the bird to look at you, O_O;Whenever I take bird shots, they seem to look at my face and run away.. wonder whyAnyway, nice shot, must've been early in the morning? c:
>>227876You must have a severe appearance deficit.
>>227876Most of my bird shots have them looing at me.
Quality is crap because of zoom. Didn't dare to get too close.Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeCanonCamera ModelCanon PowerShot S5 ISMaximum Lens Aperturef/3.5Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaLens Size6.00 - 72.00 mmFirmware VersionFirmware Version 1.01Image-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandHorizontal Resolution180 dpiVertical Resolution180 dpiImage Created2008:07:25 18:09:57Exposure Time1/100 secF-Numberf/3.5Lens Aperturef/3.5Exposure Bias0 EVFlashNo Flash, CompulsoryFocal Length72.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width3264Image Height2448RenderingNormalExposure ModeAutoDigital Zoom Ratio1.6Scene Capture TypeStandardExposure ModeProgramFocus TypeAutoMetering ModeEvaluativeISO Speed RatingAutoSharpnessNormalSaturationNormalContrastNormalDigital Zoomx3.2Shooting ModeManualImage SizeLargeFocus ModeSingleDrive ModeSingleFlash ModeOffCompression SettingFineMacro ModeNormalSubject Distance2.860 mWhite BalanceAutoExposure Compensation3Sensor ISO Speed160Image Number100-0426
Oh hai, I upgraded your picture.
>>228017The boarder is the least important, but I feel it adds to the framing.The bird is now no longer dead-center. It's placed left so it has room to "look" right into the photo.The wooden post has been removed from the image, which was distractiing.I couldn't fix the overexposure on the bird's head, but that's a minor problem. And all this in about two minutes in a freeware graphics editor.
>>228017vastly superior
>>228017nice... but goddamn, does it really need the black frame?
>>228017Other than the border, this is a surprisingly good edit.
Ah, cropping, it can turn a snapshot into a photograph.I prefer to call it dual stage composition.
>>228054White may have been better. Or since this is the interbutt, maybe nothing would have been fine. Either way, it was something added in about 10 seconds. Point here being that a minute of thought can make a photo a LOT better. in five minutes, you could try out several borders (and none) and see which would work best.