{"id":68686,"date":"2016-01-21T15:56:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T15:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=68686"},"modified":"2016-01-25T12:07:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T12:07:42","slug":"photo-appraisal-mosque-and-pigeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/photo_appraisals\/photo-appraisal-mosque-and-pigeons\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Appraisal: Mosque and pigeons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo: Mosque and pigeons<\/h2>\n

Taken by: Abhilash Surendran<\/h2>\n

Canon EOS 550D, 11-16mm, f\/2.8, ISO 100<\/strong><\/p>\n

I believe this very impressive building is the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi, India. It looks stunning and the colours are fabulous. \u2028It is one of those places where there is a definitive picture to be taken \u2013 and in this case it is the pigeons taking off from the plaza in front of the mosque. I\u2019m all in favour of this type of shot, and love a silhouetted bird in flight to add something extra to an urban landscape, but my appraisal is that in this instance they\u2019ve taken over.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\"Abhilash<\/a>\t\t\t

Before: There is too much going on in the original, making it a confusing scene for the viewer<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

For a silhouette to be effective, the object being silhouetted needs to have a clear and clean outline. It shouldn\u2019t overlap anything else and needs to be shown against a background that allows it to stand out. While many of the birds do stand out, some are in conflict with each other and are also fighting against background elements.<\/p>\n

Birds busting out of towers and brickwork don\u2019t have the same effect as those flapping away in their own space. When there are as many birds in one place as there are here, it becomes distracting.<\/p>\n

This is actually a very difficult shot to get right. It takes patience to wait until there are just the right number of flying friends in the sky and all are in the right place.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\"Abhilash<\/a>\t\t\t

After: By removing some of the birds, their clarity against the background is increased<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

I\u2019ve humanely removed about half the birds from Abhilash\u2019s original image, concentrating on those protruding from the building and those conflicting with others. The result is that we still have the impression of many birds in flight, but without the chaos of the masses \u2028that appeared before.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also cropped out some of the sky and lightened the whole image to direct more importance to the location, and to show the grandeur of the building. The picture isn\u2019t just about the birds \u2013 it is about the birds in this specific location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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