On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> wrote: > It has been very interesting to see you branch out into other genres. > It shows your versatility. I like your composition here. As you > can see, even the flying rats present some difficulties. The adults > with their dark plumage on the head/neck make it much more difficult > to bring out the eye - which would improve this shot. Lighting > becomes key here. > > Keep at it and keep showing us all these new, wonderful shots of > yours!
Thanks, Bruce. As per your suggestion I brought out the eye a bit. Not really see-able in the small image, but if you click to enlarge to full-screen you'll see a bit of detail that wasn't there in the original: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/teachable-moment-redo.html This nature photography stuff is fun, but I have lots to learn! Thanks to everyone else who commented! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

