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Stu Bowie
10-08-2009, 10:20 AM
My good friend Dave Barnes calls this, his practise grounds - the University of Pretoria sports grounds. We have endless opportunities to photograph these herons, together with Grey herons, and Egrets.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/3200
F/5.6
ISO 500

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held
Randy Stout
10-08-2009, 10:58 AM
Dave:

Nicely exposed, composed and sharp. Like the alulae showing so well. Stick a plus.

In a perfect world, would prefer the bill to not merge with the wing, minor point.

Randy
Axel Hildebrandt
10-08-2009, 11:12 AM
Sharpness and wing position look great and the nesting material adds to it. I also wish for more wing/bill separation.
Harshad Barve
10-08-2009, 11:57 AM
beautiful image with nice expo , compo and sharpness
I wish I could have such a practise ground
TFS
Morkel Erasmus
10-08-2009, 12:19 PM
it's a great place to meet up with fellow 'togs and hone your skills for the big trips :)
nice one mate - agree on the beak separation but a minor crit for me. exposure looks good.
BenPonti
10-08-2009, 12:30 PM
If I could get anywhere near as sharp an image as this one, I would be so pleased. I'm very impressed. Did you use any noise adjustment software and most important, what microadjustment have you used for this lens on this camera?
Kiran Poonacha
10-08-2009, 12:46 PM
Agree to axel about the wing beak pos, but just loved the wing spread, details, the blue Bg adds so well here and the twig adds interest to the frame, congrats..
denise ippolito
10-08-2009, 01:01 PM
Stuart beautiful details and pose! The stick is a nice addition and the eye is sharp. I too wish for a bit more separation between bill and wing. Really nicely done.
David Fletcher
10-08-2009, 01:16 PM
Tack sharp and great pose Stu. Good to see you enjoying the practice grounds. Perfect exposure. WD!
James Salywoda
10-08-2009, 11:52 PM
Excellent shot Stuart beautiful detail and a nice wing position I really don't care about the position of the bill relative to the wing.......This is very nice.
Ákos Lumnitzer
10-09-2009, 02:44 AM
I am OK as is Bro, but I wonder why there appears to be not much detail in the legs/feet? The overall pose is just a killer mate! Well done! :) James above hit it on the head for me too in all honesty! ;)
Stu Bowie
10-09-2009, 04:55 AM
Thank you all for the kind words. Much appreciated.