Blue Heron with fish

[Gary Dumer]

A Great Blue Heron with Fish Evening light
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/hTr_02/Fish-Blue-s.jpg

40D, 500/4, ISO 250, F7.1, Exp 0.0

Crop 85%, Curves & USM after resizing

[Robert O'Toole]

The soft light is great and the pose is classic GBH.

The crop and framing are a problem for me. I would really like to see this in a classic rectangle crop the square does nothing for it except make me wish there was more room in front of the bill and less empty space on top.

A 3 second curves adjustment to open up the face would make the image even more attractive.

Robert

[Ian Colley]

Hi Gary, I agree with Robert, it thisnk it would look better with more room in front of the bird, and a little noise removal from the BG.

Managing to get the eye of the fish is a bonus, I like the detail.

[Dieter Schaefer]

Love the lighting - and quite a catch. Tried to lighten the shadows a little and added some canvas in front of the bird, cropped from the top - this might have centered the bird too much though.

[Dieter Schaefer]

Compositionally, I'd like this one - but don't know how you feel about loosing the part of the head feather.

[Gary Dumer]

Thank You all for your opinions, Here is a Edit on a similar shot taken at same settings
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/hTr_02/blue-fish-s.jpg

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great timing,I prefer the last post!