Night Heron Portrait

[Amol Khedgikar]

Couldnt go out to shoot birds in a long time. Making do with what I have around me here.

This is the closest I have gotten to this bird so far.

7D, 100-400 @ 400, 5.6, 1/160 Manual mode. Cropped for composition. Some selective sharpening.





http://gallery.photo.net/photo/16428412-lg.jpg

[arash_hazeghi]

A sweet pose and a nice depiction of enviroment here. Shows the crown very well. the whites look a bit too bright on my screen and I would try to reduce the warm cast just a tad without loosing the mood/ambiance.

excellent work TFS

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Nice portrait. I agree with Arash regarding the 'color cast'. Also, the foreground stems are a bit distracting.

[Satish Ranadive]

Amol,
Excellent image.Nice 3D effect.Bird pops up very well on BG.I like the inquisitive pose and lights. Rest Arash has already mentioned.

Regards,
Satish.

[Amol Khedgikar]

Thanks Arash , SAtish, I will work on the cast.

[/QUOTE]Also, the foreground stems are a bit distracting.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Miguel, I know they are a little distracting but I wanted to keep it that way as I thought they added some detail to the habitat.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I like this alot. Awesome details. The habitat looks great, I love hoe you have framed the subject wiithin the vegetation. I could see a version with about 40% of the space above cropped away, and I'd be tempted to tame the bit of brighter spot on the cheek directly below the eye. Nicely executed image.

[Robert Holguin]

Teriffic portrait. Very nice light, excellent details, love the eye contact, and I really like the habitat.
Well done.