Out for a walk

[tegan]

I was drawn by the funny "proud" tilt of the heads.

Tegan

[Marko]

Too funny - I have duck shots that i was planning to upload today

I like this shot tegan but the whole image seems soft. Is it the resolution? What was your shutter speed and which lens were you using?

This is personal but I also think a bit more cropping on the right side (yes the right) gives more of a feeling that the ducks are on a mission going somewhere. I might also take 5-10% off the bottom.

Hope that helps,

Marko

[Alex Wilson]

This is personal but I also think a bit more cropping on the right side (yes the right) gives more of a feeling that the ducks are on a mission going somewhere. I might also take 5-10% off the bottom.

Seconded. Maybe even a bit more off the bottom.

[Travis]

oh... I thought this was posted in the show your photo's section...

The picture does looks soft as Marko said. There is motion blur on one of the feet thats distracting. The Proud look is somewhat lost as the colour of the birds too closely matches the colour of the background. The cropping is generally ineffective and you seemed to have picked up a habit of using unmanicured crab grass as partial background. This is distracting. Try using either manicured grass or long natural grass for your back drops.

Good try though... Keep practising...

Here a link to improve your composition

http://photoinf.com/General/Cub_Kahn/Beginner's_Guide_To_Nature_Photography.html

[tegan]

Thanks Marko and Alex. It does look better with some cropping.

Tegan

[tegan]

oh... I thought this was posted in the show your photo's section...

The Proud look is somewhat lost as the colour of the birds too closely matches the colour of the background. The cropping is generally ineffective and you seemed to have picked up a habit of using unmanicured crab grass as partial background. This is distracting. Try using either manicured grass or long natural grass for your back drops.

On top of the weedwhacker in my camera case that you suggested I will add some semtex to get rid of the background stone and a lithium powered lawnmower for the long grass.

Tegan

[Travis]

On top of the weedwhacker in my camera case that you suggested I will add some semtex to get rid of the background stone and a lithium powered lawnmower for the long grass.

Tegan

lol.... now you will have all the gear necessary for good nature wildlife composition...

ps- good sport on my critique..... as you may have been able to tell... it was 15% satirical....