Turkey


Posted by Leighayres on Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:43 am

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by George Whalen on Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:04 pm
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by Juan E. Bahamon on Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:23 pm
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by KK Hui on Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:30 pm
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Nice close-up with potential, Leigh!
The crop looks awkward. Suggest going for a tighter 3:2 crop instead.
What lens used?
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by Leighayres on Sat Dec 27, 2014 9:55 pm
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KK Hui wrote:Nice close-up with potential, Leigh!
The crop looks awkward. Suggest going for a tighter 3:2 crop instead.
What lens used?

Hello
I used a 400mm 5.6 for this.
I agree there is too much dead space in the top right corner, but if I used a more rectangular crop (4:2 or 3:2) I think I would lose too much of either the wing feathers or tail feathers.  Maybe a square crop might work, I don't know.
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by KK Hui on Sun Dec 28, 2014 6:37 am
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If you like I can play with your image and show you the crop I've in mind.
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by Leighayres on Sun Dec 28, 2014 9:34 am
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KK Hui wrote:If you like I can play with your image and show you the crop I've in mind.

Sure, give it a go...
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by KK Hui on Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:02 pm
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Leigh,
The following is one crop option I think it might work.
See if it works for you too ...
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The anchor here is the head.
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by George Whalen on Sun Dec 28, 2014 8:39 pm
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KK, I think your crop takes away to much of the strutting turkey's main attributes(fanned tail and dropped wings) and it leaves very little space in front of the bird. I like the original post better.
 

by KK Hui on Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:10 am
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That's fine, George!
My crop leaves some imagination for the viewers otherwise you might have gone for the whole bird presentation instead. But in the end it's what the photog really likes that matters ...
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by Leighayres on Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:36 am
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I think I now see the issue...Yes, I should have taken a full body shot. Not sure why I didn't. (or done just a head shot). It's like cutting off the hands at the wrists when shooting portraits, I guess.
Thanks for everybody's input.
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