Portrait: Pond Heron.

[Satish Ranadive]

Taken in June, 2012. Cropped, sharpened and denoised. Few spots in background are darkened.

ISO: 200, 1/800 @ F: 6.3.Evaluating metering. Exposure bias: +0.7.
White balance: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are highly appreciated.
Kind Regards.

[Allen Sklar]

Beautiful bird, great detail, and love the color mosaic background which, IMO, compliments the Heron nicely.

[Munish Kaushik]

Lovely frame Satish. I love the hair streaks and sharpness here. Light seems to be a bit harsh but you managed well under the given conditions. Also, I would have loved if the HA was little towards the barrel & I would also consider to crop a bit more from the right.

[dankearl]

Really nice BG to go with this close up.
I agree about cropping a tad off the right, but very nice as is.

[Randy Stout]

Satish:


Good points raised already. Yes, a sliver off the right , and for me the top as well would work. Wish head angle was more our way. Nice color coordination between bird and BG.

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Great head shot, excellent detail and sharpness, Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness., Satish.

[Robert Holguin]

Great shot. Excellent details, harsh light handled very well, and nice background.
Nits already mentioned, but still a terrific shot.
Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, I do like the alert stare, and how the head feathers show off nicely against the darker BG. I agree a little off the right will work.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your kind comments and suggestions.
Here is the image with slight off the top and right side.



Satish.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I agree with the points mentioned in the previous comments, and the bright spot between the chin and neck could be toned down a bit. Good looking heron, and the re-crop works alot better.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great sharpness and exposure with a good comp Satish. Would've like better eye contact. Still a nice shot !

[gareth thomson]

Beautiful, sharp image. I do think the repost is even better. I can see the eye contact issue two ways - yes, it's nice when they are making eye contact, but then again, this is the fly-on-the wall perspective where we're seeing the bird looking at what it should be - its next meal. Well, with or without eye contact, it's still a wonderful image.