Moe Richard
05-12-2019, 11:37 AM
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This is an Agami Heron. I believe it is a threatened species and fairly rare for Costa Rica. It was in a very small and very dark jungle pond with no water level access. Because it is so skittish, no flash allowed or recommended. This clearly created some very difficult shooting conditions along with all the organic material floating in the water. I did clone out some of the distracting organic material floating in the back and left the mostly in focus material in the foreground. I'm never sure how much to eliminate. I wanted to portray its natural environment yet have some level of appropriate composition.
Iso 12,800, 100-400 mm at 400 mm, F5 .6, 200th, no flash, handheld, 75% of full frame, Sony A7R3, ACR, DxO photolab 2, Topaz AI clear
This is an Agami Heron. I believe it is a threatened species and fairly rare for Costa Rica. It was in a very small and very dark jungle pond with no water level access. Because it is so skittish, no flash allowed or recommended. This clearly created some very difficult shooting conditions along with all the organic material floating in the water. I did clone out some of the distracting organic material floating in the back and left the mostly in focus material in the foreground. I'm never sure how much to eliminate. I wanted to portray its natural environment yet have some level of appropriate composition.
Iso 12,800, 100-400 mm at 400 mm, F5 .6, 200th, no flash, handheld, 75% of full frame, Sony A7R3, ACR, DxO photolab 2, Topaz AI clear