Grey Heron

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi

Just flying by

Lancashire, UK today on another cloudy day!

7D 100-400 Servo A1 Manual exposure 1/800 ISO 640 eV 0 F5.6

Hope you like him

[Sachin Saraf]

Richard, You captured nice wing position but somehow I find BG very distracting, would tone down highlights in BG and crop it tighter to reduce the distraction.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,good detail,nice flight pose,agreewith Sachin comments.

[Richard Unsworth]

Thanks
recropped and reduced brightness oif BG layer

[Sachin Saraf]

Re post has definitely improved the overall feel but I see a line (formed by far bank) between tow wings slightly distracting here...

[Richard Unsworth]

Hey Sachin

very bizarre, no idea what caused that, was in the tiff and didnt see it lol removed it now

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Like the last repost the best. Nice and sharp with good exposure. I wish the beak wasn't merging with the far wing. I actually kind of like the habitat - it grew on me.
Comp-wise, I'd crop some below and add some above to the repost.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi sID

Hmm so you'd like the bird lower - interesting, thanks I will check out when I eventually relook at the file
everyone has a different take on things as one would expect.
Personally I liked the BG its where they live but it was a bit bright