Tricolored Heron at Gatorland

[Ilija Dukovski]

I managed to visit Gatorland for couple of hours in between
visits of Disneyworld two weeks ago. The place is great,
excellent collection of species.

Nikon D700 300mm+TC14 f/5.6 1/1250 AP-1/3 ISO400
CC appreciated.

[Randy Stout]

Ilija:

Great sharpness, breeding colors, details. I like the comp.

I thought I could tease a bit more detail out of the birds feathers, so ran a multiply selection on it. To my eye it gives a bit more snap to the colors and details.

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thanks Randy, I like what you did.
I never use multiply, need to remember this one.

[Randy Stout]

Ilija:

I overdid the effect, to be sure it was visible. Somewhere in between the two would be about right, IMO.

Cheers

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Ilija, I really like the pose and sharp details. Nice exposure and the green BG is very nice. I think that Gatorland has such a nice collection of birds and the breeding colors are fantastic as you have shown here.

[Troy Lim]

Stunning shot, agree with Randy, in btw those two shots would be great.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Thank you Randy, Denise and Troy.

Sorry for late response, the server was too slow today.
Now it seems to be better.

[Karl Egressy]

Both versions look good. Great portrait shot, Ilija.