In terms of composition and subject matter this is a worthy effort and is to be commended. But it's extremely muddy. There is no separation of midtones. Most of it is a bit soft, even the bird is not quite in focus. But you have a good eye. Work on your exposure and rendering. Paul On Jul 8, 2006, at 1:09 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
> Hi! > >> okay, i now have a place to post to here it goes......... >> >> this is a peregrin falcon i shot at an air show >> >> http://www.avocadohead.com/piclinks/pic10.html >> >> and as the saying goes: "honest and brutal please" >> >> (just not too brutal, I'm still a PESO virgin :) > > Russel, I feel like I must comment. You see, it was me who first asked > for "brutal and honest" comments and now you say it is a saying. I > feel > almost like carved in stones of virtual eternity now ;-)... > > This is very fun shot. At least to me. It took me considerable time to > realize that the bird of prey has some kind of mask on his/her head. > Before that I had to hold myself from chuckling because it felt like > "what have they done to squeeze the head of poor birdie?" > > The only nit-pick I can come up with is the half-beheaded man on > top left. > > Boris > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net