1\/1250, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nI\u00a0often struggle when I’m trying to decide how to crop an image like this.\u00a0 The rule of thumb is to give your subject extra\u00a0room in the frame in the direction it is looking or flying (which are usually the\u00a0same direction).\u00a0 But this eagle was looking to our lower left and flying to the right.\u00a0 Do you crop based on the direction it’s looking,\u00a0the direction it’s flying or somewhere in between?\u00a0 I never know for sure in a situation like this.<\/p>\n
In this case I split the difference and sort of averaged it out which pretty much centers the bird in the frame horizontally.\u00a0 I had more room\u00a0in all directions except at the bottom.\u00a0 I’m curious as to what others might have done regarding the composition of this image so\u00a0if you have an opinion I’d appreciate hearing about it.<\/p>\n
Thanks,<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I often struggle when I’m trying to decide how to crop an image like this.<\/p>\n
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