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<blockquote data-quote="JulianK" data-source="post: 58325" data-attributes="member: 9608"><p>With a bit of pp work and a "re-frame of story" this could be an 11/12. For an unprocessed, unprepared shot it's terrific however.</p><p></p><p>8/12</p><p>-1 Impact</p><p>-1 Technical</p><p>-1 Center of Interest</p><p>-1 Story telling</p><p></p><p>I really like a lot about the shot. It has a good story. I understand that circumstances may have prevented that story being told in this single shot - but was it possible to have caught nature taking it's course ie. the cat ravaging the bird followed up by the saved bird? That would have brought it closer to editorial and evoked more emotion.</p><p></p><p>Completely appreciate that there were only seconds to operate here so available light was what it was - post production can even up the light and kill the blow out on the chest feathers and it would look nice as a square crop in my opinion, chop off the basket.</p><p>Seeing as the "saviour" is not told in the image story, I'd consider a couple of hours editing here and turn it into a pristine shot of a sweet little bird in a square crop and fully natural environment (only the plants). That would involve tidying up all the stray feathers as well. </p><p></p><p>Then the -1 for story telling would go (you didn't catch the rescue, so story changes to tranquility), the -1 for tech would go (editing can fix this up beautifully), the center of interest would go (all about the beauty of the bird in a square crop), and even possibly the -1 for impact would go depending on the retouch. </p><p></p><p>You've got a really good bit of candid RAW work here, unfortunately the great story isn't told in the image so I'd personally recommend fixing it up into the stunning image it can be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JulianK, post: 58325, member: 9608"] With a bit of pp work and a "re-frame of story" this could be an 11/12. For an unprocessed, unprepared shot it's terrific however. 8/12 -1 Impact -1 Technical -1 Center of Interest -1 Story telling I really like a lot about the shot. It has a good story. I understand that circumstances may have prevented that story being told in this single shot - but was it possible to have caught nature taking it's course ie. the cat ravaging the bird followed up by the saved bird? That would have brought it closer to editorial and evoked more emotion. Completely appreciate that there were only seconds to operate here so available light was what it was - post production can even up the light and kill the blow out on the chest feathers and it would look nice as a square crop in my opinion, chop off the basket. Seeing as the "saviour" is not told in the image story, I'd consider a couple of hours editing here and turn it into a pristine shot of a sweet little bird in a square crop and fully natural environment (only the plants). That would involve tidying up all the stray feathers as well. Then the -1 for story telling would go (you didn't catch the rescue, so story changes to tranquility), the -1 for tech would go (editing can fix this up beautifully), the center of interest would go (all about the beauty of the bird in a square crop), and even possibly the -1 for impact would go depending on the retouch. You've got a really good bit of candid RAW work here, unfortunately the great story isn't told in the image so I'd personally recommend fixing it up into the stunning image it can be. [/QUOTE]
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