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Sid Garige
12-30-2010, 06:37 PM
Canon 7D 500mm F4+1.4x
ISO 800 F6.3 1/640
Mike Milicia
12-30-2010, 06:50 PM
Very dramatic portrait! Nicely done!
Duane Noblick
12-30-2010, 07:12 PM
Love the feathers and the intense look on the Herons face...very well done.
Daniel Cadieux
12-30-2010, 09:07 PM
I was happy to see the two plumes at top on the full size image as I was thinking there was too much room above from the thumb:p. In other words...good comp! I'd see if I could lighten those two plumes at the tips just a bit to make them balance more with the bottom half of the imge. I love the explosion of breast feathers, very cool - albeit showing signs of borderline oversharpening on my monitor. Well done overall, I like it alot.
Randy Stout
12-30-2010, 09:21 PM
Sid:
Very good comments from the folks above. Love the feather display, agree however that the plumes below are showing jaggies and appear slightly over sharpened.
In a perfect world, I wish his head was up just a bit for slightly better eye contact, but looks very intense as is.
Cheers
Ranbdy
Sid Garige
12-30-2010, 09:43 PM
Thanks guys. Here is a repost I worked on with little more light on background, reduced contrast and sharpness.
Randy Stout
12-30-2010, 10:02 PM
Sid:
I prefer the repost. The reduced contrast helped the head plumes show up better, and the reduced sharpening helps eliminate the jaggies.
Cheers
Randy
Daniel Cadieux
12-30-2010, 10:18 PM
I agree the repost looks much nicer. Although I like the darker BG of the original, I also prefer the new greener one. Way to go!
Brendan Dozier
12-31-2010, 12:16 AM
Very powerful image, awesome great blue, and the greener BG works - good call
Pieter de Waal
12-31-2010, 01:53 AM
Hi Sid, good composition adds to this dramatic image. I prefer the repost. I allways have trouble sharpening grey feathers but the repost has handled them well. Well captured.
philperry
12-31-2010, 03:11 AM
Smashing photo Sid. I just love those neck feathers set off against the dark backdrop. Actually I prefer the original post - more dramatic.
Don Lacy
12-31-2010, 11:44 AM
Wonderful patriot Sid the puffed out breeding feathers really pop against both BG
Indranil Sircar
12-31-2010, 03:16 PM
Excellent one, Sid. Love the repost with reduced contrast. I like the how the breast feathers balanced with the two plumes on the head.
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