*Hello from Sid and the Critique Club*
An amusing image that fits the challenge well.
You have captured the parrot well with good sharp focus where it matters, on the eye, well done. It's good also that you have captured some action of him eating his meal, I like the falling debris. The cloudy sky acts as a good natural backdrop and of course his Santa hat adds the final amusing touch that enables it to fulfil the challenge brief fully.
It's a shame you didn't use a smaller aperture, that is the one way this image could have been significantly improved. Just one or two at most stops would have got the whole beak and foot nice and clearly defined and given it a lot more impact. F5.6 would certainly have got you there, you would have been able to get the breast sharper too and you would still have had a shutter speed of 1/800, plenty.
Your inclusion of the hat is so convincingly done you could easily believe it was actually on his head? Anyway, nicely done, thanks for your submission and apologies for the delayed critique, as they say, 'better late than never', or at least I hope it is, Sid |
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