D5100 and 70-300 Chickadee

Iain G Foulds wrote:

... Arry: IMO, background is at least 50% of the shot. It has to be complimentary and enhancing.

... It might be the finest subject in the world, but if the background is nothing, it is not art... not photography IMO.

... Nothing is more boring that a bird against the sky. You might as well take the shot against a brick wall.

... If I don't love the background, I don't waste the shot.