Pond Heron in flight.

[Satish Ranadive]

This Pond Heron was imaged in the last month. Cropped and sharpened. NR applied to BG.

ISO: 800, 1/2500@ F: 5.6.Spot metering. Manual mode.
WB: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are highly appreciated.
Kind Regards.


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[gail bisson]

Hi Satish,
A very nice,solid BIF image. Nice colors in the BG as well.
The exposure is excellent and the whites look great.
I would blend it the linear yellow cream area behind the wing.
Iwould also do another round of NR,
Gail

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Excellent BIF of the Heron Satish! Good exposure and IQ. Well done.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Very nice flight shot Satish. Flight angle, bird placement, exposure and comp all look great.
+1 to NR on the BG. Wish the far wing was down as well.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely flight image, Satish. Great exposure and detail in the near wing, and nice BG. Bit of a sharpening halo around the bill.

[Sachin Saraf]

Excellent BIF image...Love the details in whites...BG is not ideal but works fine.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Satish, nicely done! I 100% agree with gail's comments. one more round of NR to the bg, and see if you can clone the bottom right to make it look less 'man-made'. Otherwise, you nailed the exposure, timing (wing position), and focus!

[PhilCook]

Lovely exposure Satish and quite sharp as well, liking the side on profile and trailing legs/claws.....I would try to smooth out the squarish object in the backdrop on bottom right and apply more noise to backdrop though

[dankearl]

A striking bird and the exposure looks good.
The noise is easily fixed and I would add room above.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, excellent flight pose with the full downstroke of the near wing, and blending in the BG behind the wing will really put this up a few notches. Good detail in the whites of the wing too.

[Karl Egressy]

Very nice BIF image with nice wing position, Satish. I was somewhat surprised seeing the white wings.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super pose and great exposure excellent details, sharp from bill to foot, an impressive image.
I would suggest a little more NR on the background, maybe even a tiny bit of surface blue to help homogenise it. There is a dense pale band on the RHS of the image, I would blend that in a little to make it less apparent.