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Hi Eric, Welcome to the Shark Tank. When you post in the ST it is best if you include the Model of the camera, lens used, aperture used, ISO used, and Shutter speed used. That will help the Sharks to comment and make suggestions. I could find that you used a Canon 90D, focal length 400mm, ISO 3200, SS 1/1000, F/5.6.
That all looks pretty good to me.However, the problem with your image is that the focus is off.
The Eye of the bird is not tack sharp. The tack sharp focus is on two leaves. The big green one in the front middle and the one in the left corner.So my attention goes to the wrong place.
Also, the green leaf behind the bird looks like an extension of the green on the head. That makes the bird blend in with the BG instead of separate from the BG.
Here is a quick edit. It does not solve the focus problems of the eye, but it will get the attention more towards the bird.
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Erik/Beth,
Thank you for the feedback. Very helpful. I would also welcome any thoughts on the reflection in the eye. Should it be avoided? -
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I agree with Beth’s comment about light in the eye. It even has a name: catchlight and some software has a setting to add it to an image–sort of the opposite of red eye reduction. I’ve not had much luck with it, though.
Something I’ve sort of learned the hard way is that the normal way for autofocus works produces unsatisfactory results. You may think you have things in focus. Your camera tells you it does. Push the button half way down and only then does the camera set focus, sometimes refocusing where you don’t want it. This is especially true if you recompose to move your subject off-center. Back button focus or a focus lock works better. If you get really good with it, spot focus rather than the expanded focus helps things along that path too.
That’s what I know. Now, if only I did those things consistently….sigh.
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