https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/12/25/happy-holidays-christmas-coots-times-two/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:31:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/12/25/happy-holidays-christmas-coots-times-two/comment-page-1/#comment-1910773 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:01:37 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=77678#comment-1910773 I agree that #2 is the stronger image for many of the same reasons Mo did. #1 suffers, I think, from the strongish wave line on the bottom that, when combined with the darker water, draws my eye away from the coot instead of towards the coot.

]]> https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2021/12/25/happy-holidays-christmas-coots-times-two/comment-page-1/#comment-1909651 Sun, 26 Dec 2021 12:44:27 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=77678#comment-1909651 I liked #2 better also. The lighter background color separates the coot better from the background and the tilt of his head in my direction, enables me to make eye contact with him which draws me into the image.

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