This is a Red Kite, photographed in northern Spain.
I usually try to stay with one of the “traditional” aspect ratios when I save my master copies of my processed images. Not sure why as I rarely print; most of my images are displayed either on a computer monitor or a dedicated TV I have at home in my den. Especially with the TV, unless the image is at 16:9, the image does not fill the screen. This shot of a Red Kite had to be cropped at a non traditional aspect ratio. I clipped the bird’s right (viewer’s left) wing and had to replace the wing tip. To do so I had to add canvas on the left side. Because of the pose and the wing span, I could not (at least not satisfactorily to me) get this to work in a 5:4 or 3:2 ratio. What are your thoughts? How important is the aspect ratio to you? I am thinking of having this printed on canvas as a “panorama type” scene.
- Created Timestamp01/01/1970 00:00:00
Love the Kite’s eye. It realy shows the soul of the bird.
Thank you. See the above comment about the eye.
Amazing photo!
Thank you. This was the best one of a burst of 28
Oops! I misidentified this bird. This is a Black Kite, not Red. They can be difficult to differentiate (at least for me) but the pale yellow eye IDs it as a Black Kite.
I changed the species for you. In the future you can go to your “My Flock” page and click on the Edit button for that pic.
A wonderful picture! Your “aspect” question prompted me to begin writing a post about that subject – hopefully I’ll finish it off and publish it soon. As to your question, the size of the photo should be appropriate for the space allotted to it. Before printing it on canvas cut a piece of newspaper in the shape of the final version and tape it to the wall. How does it look there? You can play with the size from there. The kite is well-placed and proportioned in the current picture. Let us know what you decide.
Fantastic capture!