Comments on: Canon 100-400 II/5DS R Displaying Brandt’s Cormorant on the Nest: Which Crop? https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2016/11/08/canon-100-400-ii5ds-r-displaying-brandts-cormorant-on-the-nest-which-crop/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Apr 2017 09:33:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Kylie Jones https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2016/11/08/canon-100-400-ii5ds-r-displaying-brandts-cormorant-on-the-nest-which-crop/comment-page-1/#comment-1740179 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 06:34:19 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=35042#comment-1740179 The original image to me feels like it needs a crop, and the boxy crop feels too boxed in and gives me the optical illusion that the image is distorted vertically, which I know it isn’t.

I prefer the 3×2 crop, I like the way Nick describes it, and add to that the curve of the cliff at the right creates a peaceful leading line into the shot, and good balance. Also, the negative space of the creamy background particularly to the right is the space for the bird to go – if that makes sense.. normally you want to give room in front of the bird so it feels like the bird has “somewhere to go”, but in the case of a bird roosting on a cliff, if its how I imagine, to depart the nest the bird needs to turn around and fly off to the right, so though it breaks the normal rules of subject placement, it matches the natural world’s rules and works.

]]> By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2016/11/08/canon-100-400-ii5ds-r-displaying-brandts-cormorant-on-the-nest-which-crop/comment-page-1/#comment-1739989 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:33:02 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=35042#comment-1739989 Thanks to everyone who chimed in, especially the new folks.

artie

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