A squacco heron from my last outing in Doñana National Park (Southwestern Spain). C&C highly apreciated.:)
Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 300VR +1,4XTC, croped to vertical, f5,6 1/750s, handheld from car ISO 320
Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides)
A squacco heron from my last outing in Doñana National Park (Southwestern Spain). C&C highly apreciated.:)
Nikon D2X AFS Nikkor 300VR +1,4XTC, croped to vertical, f5,6 1/750s, handheld from car ISO 320
I like it. The color in the FG, the log and the green all come together real nice. I might work on some of the more gray/brown bits here and there.
The bird itself is really cool looking.
Nice Juan!
The Squacco is on my must do list I have always wanted to see this sp. This bird is in intense breeding plumage and colors. the light is very soft and the sharpness is good. The green grass makes a great BG.
I would do NR on the BG to improve clean it up and improve the image even more.
Robert
Very nice Juan! I agree with Robert that the BG, while pretty, needs some PP; the texture looks kind of funny. Beautiful bird with excellent detail.
Robert and Doug you are right, the BG has an obvious flaw in the form of noise that I forget to remove Oh my god, I can believe that I didn´t noticed that.... ooops I am growing much older that I would like
Here is a repost but now I am at the office and worked on the reduced jpg version.
Robert if you like this species you can see more images in the following links of teh European and Spain/Latamerica forum http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11382 http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11767
I will post most images from the same species because we had a lot of luck with squaccos in Doñana, lots of cooperative birds in different ages/plumages/actions etc.
fantastic image Juan, Congrats. What a cool looking bird.
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