Great Blue Heron

This was captured 2 days after I bought the 7D

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...on_31_1024.jpg

Made on Oct 10, 2009
Camera: 7D
Lens: 400 f5.6
ISO: 400
Exposure: Manual 1/2500 @ f5.6

Thank you for looking,
Binh Nguyen

To Moderators,

It has been awhile the last time I was here, Howler-Cat is a nickname I've been using throughout the last few year so it was a habit using without reading your guidelines. My appology. Please, do what you have to do to keep your guidelines. I will be more than happy to repost or you can merge the two posts into one with my name as a username. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Binh Nguyen

beautiful pose , nice details and sharpness , tight compo here works very well for me
I may tone down image little bit
TFS

lovely angle, pose and sharpness. levels look fine to me, has a nice pop to it. are you happy with your 7D?

Binh:

Excellent pose, somewhat uncommon for a GBH, looks more like a reddish egret's hunting style. Water drops a plus, as is the open bill. The image is very high contrast, might consider toning that down a bit to help with the dark shadowing.

I wish the upper background wasn't quite so bright, it draws the eye away form the bird a little. It would be very easy to burn it in with a medium sized brush.

Overall however, nice job!

Randy