Dribbles

[Mike Landwehr]

This tri-colored heron was hunting for a meal at Little Estero last March. The image was rotated slightly, the canvas was extended at the top edge, I cleaned up a few dark spots and applied NIK Tonal Contrast at 20% of default values, cropped and sharpened. C & C appreciated.

1D Mark II N
500 mm
1/1600 @ f.5.0
ISO 200
Tripod

[Robert Holguin]

Wonderful shot.
I really like the water drops, great walking pose, great shooting angle, and nice details.
A slight head turn towards you would have been nice, but still an excellent image.
Well done.

[David Salem]

Very nice. Beautiful details, pose , colors and crest on the Heron. Nice comp and exposure it spot on. Beautiful work.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A beautiful image it almost has a studio like quality to it. Knock out colours and plumage detail and the eye is superb.

[Ivan Ellison]

Lovely looking bird. you have exposed him well to show all his lovely colours. Nice touch the water dripping from his bill. a slight separation of head from body would have been nice, but we all know they dont perform requests.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great IQ, and I love the falling trail of drops. Good pose overall, but I would have liked a better HA. Perhaps a bit more room left and bottom too would not be a bad thing. I'd be tempted to use the sponge tool to saturate the iris a bit, I usually see them redder than this. Great colour to the water, and very nice details.

[Yves Guillot]

The impact of this image is in the drops and still water. Well done!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the walking pose, IQ, string of water drops and exposure. Excellent image Mike!

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent image.Excellent IQ.Love the great details,colors,beautiful blue water and water trail from the beak.

Regards,
Satish.