composition and crop, (1 Viewer)

[spock]

Ok, here you will see I have a shot of a partridge that I got today,I was flat on the ground in the mud,hand held shot,now what I would like critique on is,when you get a shot of a bird in open land, where is the best, or better place to have the bird at, when you crop,? ie,bird on left edge looking in,halfway up the frame, or at the bottom,is what I have done ok?
and the next question is this,is there any thing you would do to this image in photo shop to make it better,this shot has only had a crop,so it's staight out out of the camera,is there any thing you think needs doing? that I could work on,and improve on.
Thanks, Ian.

 

[readysetgo]

interesting bokeh, i like where you've placed the bird in the frame. im not familar with photoshop so i cant help you there but overal its a very nice photo.

 

[nick scarle]

Use the "rule-of-thirds" and crop the image so that the bird is a third of the way up from the bottom or a third of the way down from the top. The former would be my choice.

Nick

 

[Mono]

Photoshop can do so much.

1)The image has a colour cast from all the green grass so removing that with a curves layer can bring the colour in the bird out.

2) With Christmas coming you can stick a santa hat on it!

 

[Jaff]

2) With Christmas coming you can stick a santa hat on it!

Wow I didn't know they made them that small.

With regards to composition, it may be a personal thing but I always like to have the bird nearer the top of the frame and have more foreground than background.

 

[spock]

right'o, thanks for your help,I'll have another go at it,not sure about sant'a...lol...

 

[lmans66]

Is that Mr or Mrs Claus?