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3 images from 70-300L on 70D

Started Jan 18, 2016 | Discussions thread
Jonathan Brady
OP Jonathan Brady Veteran Member • Posts: 6,725
Re: 3 images from 70-300L on 70D

RogerZoul wrote:

Believe it or not, the shot of the Grey Crowned Crane was my favorite from the day. I think many people would immediately trash this picture because of the shadows from the palm fronds, but for me, it's what makes the image. It tells a story.

I guess I'm the only one who is not a fan of the shadows on the face. Whether I trashed that shot or not would depend on what other shots I had. If I had no other decent shot, I'd keep it, but I'd rather not have the shadows over the face. I'm not sure i get the story it tells.

Foliage provides any number of benefits to animals.  Pick any of them, and there's your narrative.  The benefit is up to the viewer, as is the story.  Having the animal out in the open with a blown out background (ie, no context) is merely a photo of an animal.  More "documentation" than story.

That said, I'm heavily entrenched in documenting life when it comes to photography and I'm striving more towards story telling.  So perhaps I'm reaching?

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