Second attempt (Heron)

This is my second attempt at shooting a Heron

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...0/_H0X1100.jpg


Thanks for looking

Peter:

Good looking bird, sharp, well exposed.
The bright patch in the background, and stump are a bit distracting. If possible, you might have been well served to move to your right to avoid those problem areas.
A bit more room below if you have it, to allow for the virtual 'feet'.
Be sure to include your tech details, camera, lens, settings and post processing so we can better understand the image making/processing used here.

Cheers

Randy

Welcome Peter,

Ditto Randy's excellent critique. By "virtual feet" he means that it is almost always best to leave room plus a border for a bird's feet even though we cannot see them (our view here obscured by the water). Moving to your right here would have also separated the big log from the bird. I would suggested eliminating the smaller dark branch--best done with a Quick Mask.

Good advice above. Nice exposure and bird. The biggest distraction for me is the bright patch in the water behind the heron. You also might try cloning out the white dots in the lower left.

Looking forward to more!

I think my herons are not working out, i'll have to try another bird to shoot

Peter, If you take our suggestions with an open mind, you will be able to create some better images. It is not the bird; it is the guy pressing the shutter-button. That's you :)

Peter

Don't. Get discouraged about it. We have all taken a lot of images that aren't perfect. The secret is to keep after it,learn from the mistakes you make and grow!
If the herons are tame enough, they are great to practice on, big and slow!

Keep working at it!

Cheers

Randy