Green Backed Heron

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 500 f4 L IS + 1.4 Ext
AV f8
TV1/1600
EXP +0.33
ISO 800
AWB
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac

Crits appreciated:S3:

[Wynand van Wyk]

An amazing portrait IMO! Love that smooth background and great detail on the heron as well.

Very well done!:S3:

[Dudley Watson]

Great portrait image with lovely B/G and detail..Well done Dumay

[Ofer Levy]

Very nice!! Here is a repost with some levels adjustement and tighter crop. WDYT?

[Craig Kerr]

Excellent detail and the BG colours beautiful.... The colours on the bird, however, seem to blend a little too much with the BG - The bird does not pop as it should because of this, but this does not take any thing away from an excellent image.

[Satish Ranadive]

Marvelous image.Love the BG and great details of Heron.

[Alan Murphy]

A great image of the bird and perch, but that BG is to die for.

[Stu Bowie]

I have a similar image from my last visit there, just facing the other way - but after seeing this, I dont think I will post mine.:w3 Well placed in the frame, and I do like the pose, especially those toes curled around the perch. I agree adding a touch of contrast will work, somewhere inbetween your OP and Ofer's repost. How is that BG.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Dumay, the BGs you get are always awesome. Rocking place, you got. I like the space and the placement of the bird. Ofer's levels adjustments are very good.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks all for the comments...Ofer I like your crop very much, I wanted to try something a little different with more space but yours works very well. Levels I would say for my taste a bit much on yours (yours has more punch than my OP though) but agree that maybe somewhere between yours and mine would definitely make it pop more. Thanks as always:S3:

[Karl Egressy]

Great to shoot one in the open. The background is truly beautiful.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Dumay! I like the perch, pose and sweet BG.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I'll go with Ofer offer... love the crop, bg and of course the bird. Name changed to green heron.