Did you intend for it to be this dark? The bird is in the center of the image making it uninteresting. Is there blue sky in this image, if so show it. The background blur looks awkard for some reason.
neat shot! i think the bird coming up dark is kind of cool and mysterious... a bit ominous or threatening... very edgar allan poe, y'know?
but i agree that the blurred trees are a bit of a distraction... i'd probably experiment a bit with cropping... maybe slice a bit off the bottom to see if that adds or detracts from the image... and then i might try to find a good aspect ratio that doesn't put the bird too much dead centre... but i'd be sure to leave a lot of the negative space that you've got happening there, because i really think that adds to the vibe... i might try and increase contrast just a tinge too, but i'm not sure it's necessary...
Cool, I am always an off-center kind of girl, first thing I thought too like the others, mostly because your eye goes straight to the bird and you miss a little of the atmosphere of the pic...
I agree with the other opinions. The bird is too central. Moving objects like birds, bikes, cars etc should be moving into the picture. In this case the bird is flying to the left, so should be positioned further to the right. It's also very small in the frame. If you crop it tight you're likely to get issues with electronic noise, so if you intend to take shots of birds and wildlife you may want to consider a longer lens
It's a hard picture to work with and all you can do is play around with the contrasts and clarity. This last on is better but watch for the highlighting around the bird as it can detract from the image. I do like the black silhouette against the sky.
sorry but i'm not really a fan of the shot.. the fact that the bird is so dark makes me feel like its gone past where i'd want a "silhouette" to be to almost like a person has photoshopped a black bird shaped object onto it.. i understand that if you'd corrected the exposure that you'd blow out the sky but it just doesnt work for me to be honest
Yes rule of thirds can work in some instances but I dont think that really actually works here - the position of the bird with its wings lifted like that doesnt look like the profile of "speed" for me. But for me, if you were to try to crop, then i'd try the bird top right so its looking into the frame and down to the earth. Here's where it comes down to personal preference on images... good luck!
@chapjohn Totally agree, it is too dark/underexposed. This image was shot in black and white, there is no sunshine or blue skies in Scotland J/K it was a driech day tho.
@northy The trees arent actually trees its the top of the heather, I suppose if there was some colour you would see the purple of the heather, it was a bit of a point and shoot moment, I didn't even look through the view finder, which is why the composition is so poor but when I saw the imageI was pleased that the crow was surprisingly in focus
@clicketynix@padlock@pistonbroke@dtigani@styru@janets@dmortega@yahndarkwood@abhijit Thanks guys, yes I agree composition is poor, smack bang in the middle instead of rule of thirds/ moving through the image but at the same time rules are made to be broken. I have been messing about with it and I like Styru's crop as @toast said the bird is dropping out of the sky not flying around and that really works with the negative space in that crop.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment, I really appraciate it guys :)
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but i agree that the blurred trees are a bit of a distraction... i'd probably experiment a bit with cropping... maybe slice a bit off the bottom to see if that adds or detracts from the image... and then i might try to find a good aspect ratio that doesn't put the bird too much dead centre... but i'd be sure to leave a lot of the negative space that you've got happening there, because i really think that adds to the vibe... i might try and increase contrast just a tinge too, but i'm not sure it's necessary...
Not easy without the original - as the copy on here (like all 365 pics) is pretty low quality, but something like this:
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Yes rule of thirds can work in some instances but I dont think that really actually works here - the position of the bird with its wings lifted like that doesnt look like the profile of "speed" for me. But for me, if you were to try to crop, then i'd try the bird top right so its looking into the frame and down to the earth. Here's where it comes down to personal preference on images... good luck!
@northy The trees arent actually trees its the top of the heather, I suppose if there was some colour you would see the purple of the heather, it was a bit of a point and shoot moment, I didn't even look through the view finder, which is why the composition is so poor but when I saw the imageI was pleased that the crow was surprisingly in focus
@clicketynix @padlock @pistonbroke @dtigani @styru @janets @dmortega @yahndarkwood @abhijit Thanks guys, yes I agree composition is poor, smack bang in the middle instead of rule of thirds/ moving through the image but at the same time rules are made to be broken. I have been messing about with it and I like Styru's crop as @toast said the bird is dropping out of the sky not flying around and that really works with the negative space in that crop.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment, I really appraciate it guys :)