“Watching”
© Copyright Vicki Tinnon
This fantastic photo taken by Vicki Tinnon at the Sunset Zoological Park in Manhattan, Kansas, is one of the many beautiful photos that Vicki has submitted for the Photobird Photo of the Hour. You can see more of Vicki Tinnon’s inspiring photos in her Photobird photo album at www.photobird.com/vickitinnon. Vicki Tinnon won the Photobird Award for the Photobird Photo Contest for May 2008 with her photo “Moving In“.
This photo is remarkable because of the clever crop Vicki used to compose the photo. First, Vicki loosely uses the Rule of Thirds, in that the bird and its colorful head and feathers are generally in the lower two-thirds of the photo, with the gray background in the upper third. Secondly, Vicki cropped the photo very tight, so your eyes focus on only a few things: the feathers, the head, and the eye. (See our Photobird Daily article “Get Closer. Closer. Even Closer!“) Note how the feathers fill up the bottom half of the photo. Even though you can’t see the entire bird, you know those are feathers by their shape, texture, and appearance, so you really don’t need to see the entire bird. With this clever technique, Vicki is able to tell a small story with her photo. It’s extremely well done. Impressive.
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