Jostein, The white water really helps that shot. It almost makes it into a 'Surfer Bird' - a line from an old song. I'd compare it to Mark Dimalanta surfer photo. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:14 AM, AlunFoto <alunf...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/12/7 Christian <christ...@skofteland.net>: >> Nice shot. Love the framing and the sharpness is great. I'm torn about >> the wave breaking on the right. On the one hand it gives a sense of what >> the southern ocean is all about which is cool (I'm also wondering if it is >> the wake of the boat). On the other hand it takes away from the bird.... > > Simplify, simplify, eh? :-) > > The breaking wave is indeed the wake of the boat, but accentuated by > quite strong winds. The white splash is indeed dominating, and do take > up more real estate than do the bird. It could be dealt with by a bit > of cropping when the intention is to show the bird only. However, I > had a point to make about K-7 autofocus too, which wouldn't come > across as easily if the waves appeared to be outside the area covered > by AF sensors. > > Jostein > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.