At Gatorland near Orlando

Woodstork and its nesting yougsters

Great shot for framing. I love the lighting.

I didn't notice the head positions until reviewing photo some time later

Awesome colors in wood ducks

Hi LouieP

I have downloaded your picture and had a go at croping it - not quite as Linda has suggested but into a sqaure crop - and it does to me improve the aspect of the image

Bit I still think a little more openness of the shot would help it..... so a combination of your suggestion of rasing the camera to teh wider part of the tree and Lindas suggestion of portrait may be the answer to this

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Thanks for making some attempts. I, too, had a try at cropping it diffrently. Unfortunately, there appears to be quite a bit of what I guess is referred to 'chromatic abberation' or 'fringing' in the high-contrast areas, and it is much more apparant when there isany cropping/enlarging of the image. Though no two sunsets are the same, I may experiment a little, the next time I am in that location, or find similar environments. Thanks again, for looking.

Thanks, Linda, for your suggestion. That is something I had not considered. I am relatively new, and have a lot to learn.

Thanks for the constructive comments...and giving me a new word- pergola. I can somewhat concur as to the tree possibly being too dominant. Backing off a bit would have brought in undesired views on the outside of the tree. I could perhaps stood on a stool and gotten a bit of a down angle, thus broadening the other side of the tree, or perhaps a bit of fill lite, making the bark of the tree a bit lighter. Anyway, it gives me some things to think about. Thanks.

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1. I am new to photography and mainly lurk, looking for and reading topics of interest to me personally. Primarily in the Photography Forum, Photo Gallery, and Photo Analysis sections
2. Probably a half hour daily, scanning for topics of interest in the first two or three pages.
3. I occasionally pace comments in the Photo Gallery section when I particularly ilke a photo.
4. I have not yet felt qualified to evaluate a picture as 'bad'
5. I have posted only three pictures, two of Painted Buntings, because of the subject, and one 'Shades of Green' because I liked the composition.

I am very lucky to see them pretty regularly, though they aren't always in a position at the cake feeder where I can have a decent angle...they are frequently on the back side.

Thanks. They are definately among the pretties of the small birds.

The 3-D effect at the bottom (forground shadows) was an unexpected bonus. I didn't anticipate that when I was composing. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks for the comments, Linda. I took it with the intent of capturing the total length of the boardwalk shadow, but I do see the validity of your comment regarding the the bottom two-thirds. I have since tried cropping (in the same aspect ratio), but none was to my satisfaction. Perhaps I should have taken horizontal shot as well.

From a recent(December) morning walk.

Shades of Green