This is my first image on here for a couple of years, and it is of a Great Bittern photographed in Suffolk, UK. I was able to get to water level to photograph them, which I think gives a much more pleasing angle.
It was taken with a Nikon D300s and 200-400mm f4 VR lens with a 1.4x TC resting on mud, at 1/200s, F5.6, and ISO 640
Your bittern is sharp and well exposed. The low shooting angle really gives a sense of being down in the environment, but at the expense of some obscuration of detail from intervening foliage.
This type of image can work, but generally to do so it needs a clear view of the eye and head at least, and yours is pretty good in that regard.
A little more of a turn towards us would be more engaging. I also might consider a version with a little cropped off the bottom to reduce the impact of the out of focus reeds.
If your bittern's are as elusive as ours, you were fortunate to get in this close.
Look forward to more.
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Nice to see you posting so quickly, Oscar. What a pleasing first image you have posted here. I love how you got down low b/c this really emphasizes the environment in this capture. You have a clean eye and I am okay with the bird looking away. This bird is normally so elusive that we often only get a glimpse similar to this. Looking forward to more.
I am excited by this image, great low angle really put me in the bird's world. Love the colors and your composition, although I could see a bit more on top in exchange for a bit more below. Looking forward to more!
Hi, I like it and appreciate the effort it must have taken. Question: does anyone else think the horizon is slightly slanted, if you look at the lighter coloured water around the birds legs my impression is that it runs uphill slightly from left to right. So perhaps a tiny amount, likely around 1%, of arbitrary rotate could have been used.
Regards
Jonathan
Great Bittern
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