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16th Annual Photo Contest, Vancouver, Canada, 2022




Bahman Doustdar

Title: Cedar Waxwing



Jurors Scores Critiques
Ann Alimi 7.5 Bird is nicely composed in the frame and both the foreground and background is well handled.

There is little detail in the blacks in the head and eye area, perhaps opening up shadows there a little will help.
   
Kerri-Jo Stewart 9 Gorgeous image and I love the depth of field, allowing us to see the bird in its natural environment.

Great highlight in the eye. But the bird has to be the main focal point in this image and its eye isn’t as sharp as the branch in front of it (just a bit soft – that can now be fixed with image software).
   
Leah Gray 7 A different pose of this beautiful bird. The choice of an almost square crop is unusual.

There is a good glint in the bird’s eye, and it is nicely framed by the leaves.

The background is slightly distracting, and the bright yellow leaves draw our eyes away from the bird. A closer crop and/or toning down the bright yellow leaf in the background would improve it.
   
Total Score: 23.5
   

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