Much is being said re composition and rule of 2thirds etc,but that cannot always apply to bird shots.Until now all my bird shots have been dead centre,as I always use one red focal point as I only want the bird and not the surroundings.The exception being groups of birds,or a shore bird on a rock or amongs't the seaweed etc.But having studied the comments made on various posts I do now try to position my subject to one side.But all in all,I like to take a good bird portrait which shows the plumage details etc,and invariably it is in the centre.But I did learn something from this months Birdwatching mag.The comp results were published,for the Bird Photographers of the year etc,and it was mentioned that the judges were looking for someting other than just plain bird portraits,ie action type shots.This has made me think re my photography,but sometimes one is restricted to ones own limitations.
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