heron

[stuart wanuck]

nikin d 4 iso 800
m 1/1250 @ 6
70-200 mm with 1.4x
crop or not ???


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[Bill Dix]

Great landing action, and I love the Cormorant's reaction. I'd keep him in. On my screen, at this image size, it looks as if the head is a little soft. I don't know if it would show better at 1024, or if a little usm would help.

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

For me the cormorant is too small here, if you have it bigger in frame I would include it. Here the perch, the landing action with hint of cloud in the background is already good enough to make the heron by itself looks very interesting.

[Dennis Zaebst]

It looks sharp to me Stuart. Perhaps the heron has more detail than is apparent at this size? I love the feather details and texture of the herons wing. I like the reaction of the cormorant too. Great action and good lighting. I might crop to add more space at bottom and a little less at top. Overall, well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This is very nice Stuart. I love how you got it landing at peak stretch. I also really like that you have some clouds in the sky...a subtle thing on its own but adds so much. Personally I would remove the cormorant, it does have a quirky reation, but it distracts more than adds IMO. I do like the comp though so I would try cloning it out rather than cropping.

[Raymond Lee]

Nice timing! I also vote for removing the cormorant as it only gets in a small part of the frame. If more of the Cormorant is included in the frame, however, then I would keep it and it will definitely tell some sort of story/relationship between the Heron and the Cormorant.