Flight Of A Tricolor Heron

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

The tricolors are nest building now and the action has increased with their flying back and forth .

Nikon D300
Nikon 300mm F2.8
IDSO 400
1/1250, F8
manual

All comments are most appreciated. Thanks !

[Randy Stout]

Judy:

An attractive bird, nice breeding colors. I like the separation of the legs, and their upcurved toes.

The exposure looks good, pretty sharp too. I might add just a little canvas to the right.

In a perfect world, a better head angle would be nice, and perhaps a little more bank towards you to show the rear wing more fully.

It sounds like you will get some more chances! What a luxury to have multiple chances!

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Pretty neat pose, and I like the trailing feet. Lovely breeding colours on the face! On my monitor it looks heavy on the sharpening, with a resulting noticeable halo surrounding the subject.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Interesting about the sharpening halo. I went back and looked at it again, still can't see it. Which machine are you using, your desktop or laptop?

Randy

[Axel Hildebrandt]

The pose, breeding colors and BG make this one for me. I think there is a slight sharpening halo.

[Beth Goffe]

Beautiful sharp capture! I love the breeding colors. It does seem a bit oversharpened, though. I can see the halo mostly along the trailing edge of the far wing.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Here is a repost with a tad less sharpening. Many thanks for all the comments and for taking the time to make them. I appreciate it.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Judy!

I think this is a very pretty, artistic pose. I also like the pale pastel blue/pink background.