The Hunt

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Another image from the other day Ft Desoto FL
Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1600
Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
ISO Speed 320
Lens EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +2.0x tripod
cropped to about 70%

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely beautiful, superb pose and composition and gorgeous colours. Knock-out!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

superb pose and composition!!!

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful, Cheryl. I love the way these guys raise one foot to just skim the water surface. That also seems to be a favorite pose of Yellowlegs. You caught him perfectly. I might have been tempted to take a slivver off the right and add same to the left, but it's just fine as posted. Hope he's still posing when I visit there in a few weeks.

[EzhilSuresh]

Very nice pose. I like the reflection too.

[Grady Weed]

Bill Dix mentioned my points exactly. Only I am stuck here in Maine's freezer for now. I love your work Cheryl. Maybe we can shoot together one day when I come down.

[Nick Palmieri]

Great low angle, and I love the foot position. The detail in the bird is very nice. Great capture!

[Marina Scarr]

Great pose. I would take some off the right and add it to the left.

[Sid Garige]

Cheryl,

Like the pose and details. IMO background is little too bright and taking attention from the subject. Fill flash might have been a little help in this kind of situation.

I chose the bird using quick selection tool and increased mid tones. Also added little more light to the eye. let me know what you think

[wendell westfall]

Nice image. Agree with Bill and Marina re. framing.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Cheryl,

Like the pose and details. IMO background is little too bright and taking attention from the subject. Fill flash might have been a little help in this kind of situation.

I chose the bird using quick selection tool and increased mid tones. Also added little more light to the eye. let me know what you think

Hey Sid, Thanks for working on this. I went back to it from the start and chose a different crop as suggested by a few and I like it. I raised the midtones but kept the shadows for more depth and also lightened the eye a bit. WDYT?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

[QUOTE=Cheryl Molennor;757390]Hey Sid, Thanks for working on this. I went back to it from the start and chose a different crop as suggested by a few and I like it. I raised the midtones but kept the shadows for more depth and also lightened the eye a bit. WDYT?[/QUOTE

One more with a little more off the left

[Sid Garige]

Repost came out very nice Cheryl.

[Robert Holguin]

Beautiful image. Love the raised foot, great light, and I really like your repost.
Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Cheryl, your low angle of capture has really worked out well, and I like the wading pose with the the raised foot. Your final repost does the trick.

[v.p.nurdeen]

Hi Cheryl,
This is a superb image in all departments. Its is a winner for sure. :S3:
VPN

[Melissa Groo]

Fantastic job to begin with, Cheryl. Repost takes it over the top.

[Chris Martinez]

I'm glad I came back to this one. That final repost really looks terrific. I only wish for the tiniest head turn. Just a teeny bit :S3:

Love the toenails dragging through the water and the dangly feathers up back add a bit of character to a normally well kept bird. The inclusion of the sand/foam keeps things interesting.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Cheryl
when I saw your original I was blown away but when I see your latest ones - wow they are terrific, it just didn't occur to me that the image could have been further enhanced but enhance it you did - congrats.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I only wish for a better head angle and a bit more above. Other than that this image is top notch and makes me crave for Desoto in a few months.......

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Cheryl, wish this heron was more common here. love the elegance here. You timed it perfectly to get that foot out. Lots of good suggestions above on crop.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I only wish for a better head angle and a bit more above. Other than that this image is top notch and makes me crave for Desoto in a few months.......

Thanks everyone. Thanks Daniel. I do have more room for top and keep going back and forth on it.