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A Great Blue Heron walking along the mangroves.
Canon 40D, 100-400 f/5.6 at 400mm
1/640 at f/8.0
ISO 500, Partial metering
I did another version with a much shaprper Blue Heron but went back to the Orig for this submission as I like this better. Mostly as from camera but minor tweaks possible. I dont know how to tell how much crop was used but cropped it was. Probably too close at top but we will see?
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Very nice habitat, Bill, and there's enough separation of the bird to make it work.
I love his attentive look and the only think I'd change is blur the water a little bit, or maybe just undo the sharpening there, since the mangrove reflection is a bit distracting :)
That sounds good Fabs, thanks!
I like the pose but find the BG a bit distracting.
I guess that's why we photographers differ. I like natural settings (Wild and Free). Birds seem to like the camoflauge around them. I keep looking at the beak and wonder if this may be a young bird from the beak size! I just keep shooting and hope for a pretty bird soon!
I like this image a lot. blured BG is not always desirable and I find this background interesting and the Heron still pops out. I would use the word intriging to also describe this.
