I spent a couple of hours with the Green Herons yesterday at a local pond. I was surprised at their success rate hunting. I watched him catch dragonflies out of the air, small fish, bugs and frogs. They have quite the appetite. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.
I like the 'painterly' BG, detail in the bird, great eye.
If it were mine, would probably add a bit more canvas on top. I know they tend to have kind of a hunched over look, but he seems a bit squeezed from above.
Cheers
Randy
08-10-2011, 09:32 AM
Chad Caswell
I agree with Randy about the room needed.. WOW what a nice looking bkg and pose you captured. :5
08-10-2011, 09:46 AM
Ofer Levy
This is a great image! Agree re some more room at the top and balancing the composition by adding to the sides.
08-10-2011, 09:48 AM
jack williamson
Awesome detail in the bird, the BG is special. Excellent image!
Jack
08-10-2011, 10:00 AM
Jim Crosswell
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Repost
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Here is the image with a little more space.
08-10-2011, 10:17 AM
Ofer Levy
Repost looks great!
08-10-2011, 10:35 AM
Luis Villablanca
Love the repost. The colors, pose, detail and composition are excellent.
08-10-2011, 10:59 AM
Melissa Groo
Fantastic shot, Jim, and love the repost. I feel like I could just reach out and touch this guy!! Stunning background and just love that perch.
08-10-2011, 11:41 AM
Vivaldo Damilano
Excellent repost, also like the BKGD, lovely detail and pose.
08-10-2011, 12:11 PM
Randy Stout
Jim:
I like the composition much better in the repost.
It seems like the contrast has gone up a bit as well, and he may be getting a bit too dark? I don't have enough experience with these guys to be sure. It may be an optical illusion caused the larger amount of bright background.
Cheers
Randy
08-10-2011, 01:05 PM
Stu Bowie
Great repost Jim, and just love the hunting/fishing pose. Great detail and colours on the heron, and I do like the BG, especially the LLC.
08-10-2011, 02:33 PM
Kaustubh Deshpande
Comp. in the repost is perfect. colors, pose, sharpness, BG....awesome shot.
08-10-2011, 03:17 PM
Morkel Erasmus
Man that repost is sweet - such awesome soft light and details and colours here!
08-10-2011, 04:27 PM
gail bisson
The repost ticks all the boxes! Love it!
Gail
08-10-2011, 06:29 PM
Herb Houghton
Great repost Jim. The added room really puts this over the top, congrats.
08-10-2011, 08:36 PM
noelle zaleski
Nice one Jim! Nice BG and re-post is great. I love his little feather on the top of his head.
I looked for one tonight but he was no where to be found.... next time!
08-10-2011, 11:54 PM
arash_hazeghi
I love this one and everything is perfect! well done