Tomi Kelley
About the Image(s)
Canon R3, Canon EF 100-400mm at 400mm
1/2000, f/6.3, ISO 500
I recently went on my first ever safari trip to a private reserve in South Africa. The first few days I took many somewhat static shots mostly just cataloging all the different animals we were seeing. I was a guest on a friend’s family trip, mostly a tourist trip, not strictly for photographers. As the days went on, I wanted to work on more challenging shots, at times focusing on birds in flight. I was intrigued by the European Bee Eater birds, their colors and swooping flight patterns. I also wanted to practice using the bird tracking capabilities of my Canon R3. I was pleased by a few things in this image, though it is cropped to ~25%. I like the lighting on the wings and decent focus from the eye-tracking of my R3. I lightened up the shadows to get a little more detail on the wings and body. My Lightroom and Photoshop skills are fairly basic, but I’m learning more all the time. I’m curious to hear how you all would change/improve this image.
7 comments posted
I removed the branches on the right and while they add context, I feel they're more distracting than additive to the image. I added canvas because while the title is taking off, the bird appears to be flying downward and I wanted it at least in level flight, and lastly, since we read left to right I flipped the image in LR and darkened the background somewhat.
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