Life size bird with background or large bird?

[Ely Teehankee]

Thank you Toto, Teddy, & Prop Jerry. All your replies has given me an insight of how you would like your posting to be. It depends on the capture, IQ, scenery, kind of bird, that will enable one to create an artistic display of the bird. In as much as one rarely sees how a bird really looks like an enlarge version of the birds shows a lot of details to further appreciate the bird. There are a lot of right ways to present the picture. It all depends on personal taste and artistic ability. I am excited to try all these ways and make the best out of it.

Your comment on the "Mastah" is accurate. In my conversation with him, he did say that with so many birds that he has captured, he can now be selective. If the bird does not give him what he wants he would prefer not to take any shots. I am new in bird photography and almost every bird I see is a lifer. That is why it is so exciting for me to go Birding. Hopefully in a couple of years I can also have the pleasure of being selective.

[Ely Teehankee]

There were 275 who viewed this thread. 20 replies and 11 who participated in the poll. It was very close, 6 wanted life size and 5 wanted large birds. It is a matter of artistic expression and personal choice. My conclusion is make the bird lifesize so viewers can see the relative size of the bird. Add a larger bird so those who likes to see the details of the bird can do so. Thank you very much for your participation. Mabuhay.