Pine Silhouette

[Steve Holmes]

Canon 5D, 500mm + 1.4x, 1/1000s @f/6.3, ISO 400

[Arthur Morris]

Like the compostion with the bird well out of the center. The pine needles look a bit over-sharpened to me. Venice Rookery???

later and love, artie

[Alfred Forns]

Well composed and beautiful Steve !!!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great composition and BG. Is the halo only there because it is backlit or did you sharpen it?

[Fabs Forns]

Excellent framing and composition. Also wonder if halo is not from back light?

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks for the feedback. This was actually in my folks backyard in Naples.

The halo on the heron is there because it was backlit. I am noticing that the pine needles on the web image are showing halos that weren't there in the original image. I'm still trying to fine tune my web sharpening and have recently been trying the Lightroom Mogrify plugin. I'll keep experimenting ;-)

[Grace Scalzo]

Simple and beautiful. Love it.

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

Very original shot - especially the GB! A less sharpened pines will do better.

[Shaoqing He]

This is my favorate composition and feeling.

[D. Robert Franz]

I love the composition and the light...

[Mike Poe]

Good capture Steve. Like the BG and the way you framed it. This might also work cropping it into a vertical pano.

[Del Cockroft]

Terrific composition. Love it.

[Mike Lentz]

I'm a sucker for good silhouettes and this one is very good!

[Dick Boone]

Hi Steve,

Great image! Reminds me so very much of an Asian painting. Would be proud to hang this on my wall.

Dick