Yellow Crown Night Heron Juvi

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This juvenile Yellow Crown Night Heron pic was taken early morning at Brazos Bend SP, TX.
Device: Nikon D90
Lens: VR 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 300mm
Focus Mode: AF-C
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: ON
Exposure
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/200s
Exposure Mode: Manual
Exposure Comp.: -1.0EV
Exposure Tuning:
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400
Let me know what you think.
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Good details, and very sharp eye. I like the alga (duck weed?) on the bill and legs...we can tell this guy was out hunting! Good vertical comp too with this lean and upright posture. I'd would have preferred no white sky at top, and I eould try to remove the OOF tree growing out of the bird's back. Too bad about the extra branch in LRC - would you have been able to move left to get it out of the frame?

A very nice image of this species. I find the BG a little busy which can be softened easily.

Nice image of this bird Bushan, never seen one of these before. Good comments above.

Nice pointers above. Nice image in nice light overall. Was this originally a vertical or is it a crop?

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Originally Posted by Daniel Cadieux

Good details, and very sharp eye. I like the alga (duck weed?) on the bill and legs...we can tell this guy was out hunting! Good vertical comp too with this lean and upright posture. I'd would have preferred no white sky at top, and I eould try to remove the OOF tree growing out of the bird's back. Too bad about the extra branch in LRC - would you have been able to move left to get it out of the frame?

Daniel, thanks a lot for the detailed comments. I would have loved to move a little to get a all green BG but there a bush to the left. I agree with you about the oof tree.I will try and get it out.

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Originally Posted by Alan Murphy

A very nice image of this species. I find the BG a little busy which can be softened easily.

Thanks Alan. I will have to work on my PS skills to achieve that.

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Originally Posted by Pieter de Waal

Nice image of this bird Bushan, never seen one of these before. Good comments above.

Thanks Pieter. This is one of the most common heron in our part of the world.

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Originally Posted by Sidharth Kodikal

Nice pointers above. Nice image in nice light overall. Was this originally a vertical or is it a crop?

Thanks Sidharth. This was framed vertical and has no crop applied in PP.