Nature Birds

hks_kansei · 09-30-2012, 01:11 AM

A new set today for critique, I've not done too much nature photography, and didn't really have the right gear with me (only had the 50mm with me)

It was kind of a last minute thing, my girlfriend (not the lady in the pics) and I had been at a Hillclimb event in the morning (pics later on) and afterwards decided to get a coffee up the mountain, at the cafe they had a birdfeeding area. The birds were really acclimatized to humans, so were rather easy to approach.

Anyway, here's a few, and more in the set linked.

Birds - a set on Flickr

Anyway, please critique. Composition, settings, etc.

(also note, these are straight off the camera, no post processing)

**jford** · 10-02-2012, 03:46 PM

Nice - I like the first one quite a bit. The second seems more a personal image - if you know the woman, you might like it, but it doesn't show enough about the bird to really like it for that subject.
Thanks for sharing.

hks_kansei · 10-02-2012, 06:57 PM

The woman in the photos is just a tourist who was rather popular with the birds (probably on account of her being the only one with a great big bowl of seed)

09-30-2012, 01:11 AM	#1
hks_kansei Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 834	Birds Lens: 50mm A Camera: istDS Photo Location: Mt Dandenong ISO: 200 Shutter Speed: 1/1000s Aperture: F2 A new set today for critique, I've not done too much nature photography, and didn't really have the right gear with me (only had the 50mm with me) It was kind of a last minute thing, my girlfriend (not the lady in the pics) and I had been at a Hillclimb event in the morning (pics later on) and afterwards decided to get a coffee up the mountain, at the cafe they had a birdfeeding area. The birds were really acclimatized to humans, so were rather easy to approach. Anyway, here's a few, and more in the set linked. Birds - a set on Flickr Anyway, please critique. Composition, settings, etc. (also note, these are straight off the camera, no post processing)

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10-02-2012, 03:46 PM	#2
jford Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Indiana PA USA Posts: 1,396	Nice - I like the first one quite a bit. The second seems more a personal image - if you know the woman, you might like it, but it doesn't show enough about the bird to really like it for that subject. Thanks for sharing.

10-02-2012, 06:57 PM	#3
hks_kansei Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 834 Original Poster	The woman in the photos is just a tourist who was rather popular with the birds (probably on account of her being the only one with a great big bowl of seed)