You choose.
Dec 23, 2019 14:24:33 #
Dec 23, 2019 14:33:41 #
Erik, they're both excellent. It's going to be tough to choose.
--Bob
--Bob
vonzip wrote:
Neck extended or neck tucked in.
Dec 23, 2019 14:47:04 #
Erik, your skills are reaching the point you now have 'ecstatic' considerations to make in the resulting keepers. 
For the long neck, consider a crop that keeps the same 'space' around the bird, but moves it slightly down and closer to the lower right corner. Changing to 16:9 might do this, with the goal of having the neck follow / nearly follow the lower 1/3 horizontal line across the image. If there was more original space for this image, give the bird some leading space and seek to place the bird's eye along (or near and to the left) of the vertical center line.
The compressed neck would benefit from having more space behind the bird and / or having the bird's eye fall directly at the center vertical line through the image. Look at the original image and see of you can adjust the crop, gaining space behind the bird, or bringing in the left side to center the bird's eye along the vertical center line.
Both images would seem to benefit from a bit more sharpening specifically over the bird within the image (sharpening mask). The compressed neck seems to have more potential for more sharpening, but both are keepers with some fine-tuning on the composure / cropping.
For the long neck, consider a crop that keeps the same 'space' around the bird, but moves it slightly down and closer to the lower right corner. Changing to 16:9 might do this, with the goal of having the neck follow / nearly follow the lower 1/3 horizontal line across the image. If there was more original space for this image, give the bird some leading space and seek to place the bird's eye along (or near and to the left) of the vertical center line.The compressed neck would benefit from having more space behind the bird and / or having the bird's eye fall directly at the center vertical line through the image. Look at the original image and see of you can adjust the crop, gaining space behind the bird, or bringing in the left side to center the bird's eye along the vertical center line.
Both images would seem to benefit from a bit more sharpening specifically over the bird within the image (sharpening mask). The compressed neck seems to have more potential for more sharpening, but both are keepers with some fine-tuning on the composure / cropping.
Dec 23, 2019 15:34:12 #
Dec 23, 2019 15:35:47 #
rmalarz wrote:
Erik, they're both excellent. It's going to be tough to choose.
--Bob
--Bob
Thanks Bob and for dropping in and commenting. vz
Dec 23, 2019 15:42:04 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Erik, your skills are reaching the point you now h... (show quote)
Thanks Paul for taking some time to give me some pointers. I am relatively new to photography (3 1/2 years) and am still learning about it but I am extremely weak on editing. Any constructive criticism is welcome. vz
Dec 23, 2019 15:43:12 #
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Dec 23, 2019 16:33:50 #
Both are very good, vz but if I had to choose one it would be tucked in.
Dec 23, 2019 16:59:13 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
Both are very good, vz but if I had to choose one it would be tucked in.
Thanks Swamp and for weighing in. vz
Dec 24, 2019 04:46:28 #
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