Fall Backdrop Great Blue Heron.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I couldn't resist taking this individual's picture with such a beautiful background to set it against.

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, almost FF with a bit cropped left and top.

[Lyle Gruby]

Beautiful BG, great IQ, perfect exposure. I love those dngling feathers at the bottom of the frame.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful Backdrop. Great light and detail too Daniel.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Nailed it Daniel! Those fall colors cant' be beat, and it looks like you got a little bit of each (something that I think is hard to do with the compression you get with the 500 +1.4.

[dankearl]

Way to make this common bird look terrific.
Nicely seen and we'll thought out.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Daniel, the BKG colours really compliment the subject well, tying in with the eye & bill colours. Wonder if a small sliver off the top may help, WDYT?

TFS
Steve

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,great BG,beautiful light,sharp with nice details.TFS.

[Girish Prahalad]

great BG colors with tack sharp subject. like the comp as presented.

[Karl Egressy]

The beautiful painterly background makes it for me, Daniel.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, great concentrated stare, and overall nice and sharp. I like how you have comped this, and yes, the colours in the BG are simply awesome. Well thought out.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Very beautiful, Daniel! The BG is stunning, I can just imagine this printed on canvas! Great sharpness and IQ, I would try Steve's suggestion to take a bit off the top. Your processing is impeccable:w3

Off topic: how are the little squirrels doing? Have you seen them again?

Kind regards,

[Sandy Witvoet]

I can see how you couldn't resist... stunning... perfect portrait.

[keith mitchell]

Hello Daniel, it's excellent with that superb BG.

Keith.:S3:

[Daniel Cadieux]

Thanks all! Gabriela, we have not seen the squirrels once they've left the nest. Hopefully they are well and having fun in the forest :-)

[Gabriela Plesea]

I miss the little squirrels, when you have time please check if you have some more images of them:S3:

Have a great week-end (since it's almost Friday:w3)

Gabriela