Comments on: DeSoto Still On Fire! $600 Discount Offer on Fall IPT #2 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2023/10/09/desoto-still-on-fire-600-discount-on-fall-ipt-2/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2023/10/09/desoto-still-on-fire-600-discount-on-fall-ipt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2052293 Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:16:44 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=87788#comment-2052293 In reply to midlaj.

Hi midlaj,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and welcome to the blog. I will share my thoughts with the group in a blog post soon.

with love, artie

]]> By: midlaj https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2023/10/09/desoto-still-on-fire-600-discount-on-fall-ipt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2052284 Wed, 11 Oct 2023 08:27:21 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=87788#comment-2052284 #2 The prominent orange balls at the top of the image are quite distracting to me. If the entire out-of-focus (OOF) bird had been visible by positioning the shot lower, it might have looked more appealing. Alternatively, cropping out those distractions could have improved the composition.
#1 I appreciate the wing stretch as it captures a unique bird behavior, but having the bird at the same eye level as in the portrait would have been ideal. It’s unfortunate that there wasn’t an opportunity to lower the camera to capture the wing stretch from a better angle.
#3 I generally favor images that capture bird behavior, so I find #3 more appealing than #4. Is your preference for #4 driven by the head turn, the intricate water pattern, and the increased reflection of the bird? These aspects do make #4 a strong contender, almost on par with #3 for me.

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