Critique :)

Hyburnate · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:04

At first I saw some birds and wanted to get closer so went out in the garden, then discovered this lazy cat taking a nap. I had to move myself to get the correct composition and so a tree wasn't ruining my shot. I'm incredibly pleased with how it came out.

I know it's only one shot so not much to critique but just want peoples thoughts on it. I'll make sure to add to this thread once I've edited the others.

Hyburnate · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:41

snips86x said:
I really like it, great expression on the cats face. What was the weather like, looks a little misty?

Thick cloud cover sadly, wish it was a nice blue sky

I cropped it from the bottom because it was tarpaulin.

Hyburnate · 24 Jan 2014 at 11:44

snips86x said:
I really like it, the expression reminds me of a grumpy old man, made me giggle

Awesome.

Thanks guys! I had just woke it up so I assume it was grumpy

Hyburnate · 25 Jan 2014 at 12:05

One from today

I think it's a starling however please tell me if it's not

Tis not the greatest image but it's hard to get a birds attention

Hyburnate · 10 Feb 2014 at 18:47

This one was such a model, too bad it chucked it down seconds after this was took.

Hyburnate · 10 Feb 2014 at 21:21

Yeah, didn't get round to doing a bit of a clean up, sadly those trees don't belong to me and are quite high up so no chance of altering them

Hyburnate · 11 Feb 2014 at 19:40

JBuk said:
1st photo: cat too close to the bottom , the background is distracting ,the twigs look messy and the colours on the left don't let the cat stand out, the background could do with being all the same colour too

2nd photo: the starling could do with filling a lot more of the frame and showing lots more detail ,the twigs take up most of the shot and take attention off the bird, also some of the bird is hidden behind the twigs, moving to a better angle where you can see more light on the bird could help too

3rd photo: same criticisms as the second shot, the twigs don't add anything to the shot and the bird is out of focus a tad , if you like taking shots of birds then I'd recommend getting a longer lens

Not going to happen, I'll get them closer to me if I'm going to continue tbh. I'm at 400mm effective focal length and there's not really anything unless I start looking at L lenses and before I start buying them I'll be looking for a newer body. It's just they're always in the garden so easy subject to play about with settings and exposure comp.

Tidied up. Sadly I messed up a bit but I'll sort that out a little later

Hyburnate · 11 Feb 2014 at 23:02

Thanks D.P. I intend on going to a few nature reserves or something. I mean the lens has a 3 stop IS I've been just going for 1/250 what doesn't help is that anything over 100 ISO is a no go on such an old body. I really only take a picture because they're there I really need to get out more

Hyburnate · 11 Feb 2014 at 23:24

JBuk said:
Find a good spot for taking the shots where you can get in closer then throw some seed or bread for them

There is seed out there, but all that takes interest in it is pigeons, probably doesn't help that cats like to sleep in the garden

I mean we've got water, peanuts, mealworms, loose seed for the birds like robins who don't like bird feeders and also two bird feeders. They seem to only come early morning where it's to dark to take pictures. I can commender the back bedroom during the day that gets me the height for the tree's but not close or I can go outside and get close but not get a decent angle. I went out for a walk the other day and there were tons of birds down an old quarry which is now a park. But I'd look like a right idiot with my camera down there... Perhaps that's what I should do, just **** everyone else and go there?