TriColored Heron

[Daniel Belasco]

canon 20d 500mm f4 IS w/1.4@f5.6 1/2000 sec iso 800

http://newimages.fotopic.net/?iid=yzusql&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Crop might be a little tight on both ends and the eye could use some work. BG seems over sat to me and distracts from subject - nice picture of a beautiful bird.

Techs seems good, I like a lower ISO, but thats me.

[Connie Mier]

Too tight as Jeff mentioned, and the high ISO is creating some noise that could be dealt (assuming you shoot in RAW). The colors are appealing.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Agreed on too tight. I think Roman himself would cringe too. :) Like the bird and wish for a slightly better HA, though it's not all that bad here. I think CW rotation is badly needed. Looks just a little dark to me. Thanks for sharing. :)

[Ed Erkes]

I really like this a lot! Beautiful colors! Personally I see no problem with head angle or size in the frame. My only question would be why you used ISO 800 when you had enough light for 1/2000 sec.

[Daniel Belasco]

Hi Ed
Why iso 800?
This was taken right around sunset when the light was fading fast. The light on the pond also varried from spot to spot, so 2 feet away out of this sunlite spot--I could lose 2 or 3 stops of light.
Also with a 500mm lens and 1.4 teleconverter with a 1.6 crop body leaves me with an equalivant 1140mm lens. 1/the focal length gives a shutter speed of 1/1140. All this handheld! So 1/2000 was nice to be able to use
dan

[david cramer]

I find the BG colors appealing, but they do overwhelm the bird. Flash on the bird would have helped, or perhaps some lightening of it in post processing? Agree it's a bit too tight, but overall an appealing image.