Cattle Egret

[Rakesh Ranjan]

Visitor near my house

Camera: Canon EOS 400D Digital
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 250 mm
ISO Speed: 100

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice photograph. Liked the stride and the eye contact. The image looks underexposed. You could have given a positive exposure compensation (+EV). You could have also increased the ISO to get narrow aperture and higher shutter speed. The frame is a bit too tight for me, some more space on the left and top would have enhanced the composition further. Liked the low angle. Is it taken in Bangalore?

Look forward to more..

[Rakesh Ranjan]

@Mrudul,

Thanks for comments, the weather was bit cloudy and I took this in program mode. I wanted closeup so i took it tight.. I agree some space is though needed.

This has been taken in greater noida, surprisingly many different kinds of birds around here.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Hi Rakesh,

I can see the light was bad so suggested to increase the ISO. More space in the direction the bird is looking and less space behind it enhances the image further. For a good close up image you can try taking only the head section, as a potrait.

What kind of birds do you find there? Would like to see some more photographs taken.

Cheers,

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Rakesh,

It is always better to leave more space in the direction the animal is moving or looking. So more space at the left of the frame would have been good. The space on the right is known as negative space. Reducing that would strengthen the image. Did you use the centre AF point to focus? You can use the focus recompose technique to get pleasing compositions. Focus on the bird by half pressing the shutter button. Then maintain that and move the camera to the left (in this case) to get a pleasing composition and then fully press to click.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi