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    Yesterday I saw this heron perched on a concrete railing to a set of stairs leading to the water of Lake Mirror. The feathers and color of the bird were quite nice. I decided to eliminate the concrete railing capturing a portrait. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    1/1000 F/11 Matrix Metering +1 EV ISO 3200
    Post processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 10
    Cropped for composition
    Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 12-23-2014 at 04:40 PM.
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    Joe:

    Sharp and well exposed. I agree about cropping out the concrete. I would consider a bit more room on the left and top. Some also might suggest cropping out the little bit of leg, personal taste really.

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    A nice tricolored heron portrait, Joseph. The extra depth of field at f/11 helped with the sharpness on both the head and feathers on the left wing. I'd be neutral about keeping the leg were it not for the splotch of white feathers on the lower right. The contrast of the white feathers is a bit distracting for me. I like the head angle, the light, and the feather detail, but you could consider cropping right above the white splotch of feathers, extending the canvas to the left, and sharpening it a bit more. It does come down to personal taste, but here's an idea to consider (I hope you won't mind).

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    Excellent to start with -- I think Mike's taken it up a notch. it's always hard to know how to crop portraits.

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    Fantastic image Joe as usual. Well done.

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    Randy, Mike, Dianne, and William thank you for viewing, commenting and offering suggestions to improve my image. Very much appreciated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Landwehr View Post
    A nice tricolored heron portrait, Joseph. The extra depth of field at f/11 helped with the sharpness on both the head and feathers on the left wing. I'd be neutral about keeping the leg were it not for the splotch of white feathers on the lower right. The contrast of the white feathers is a bit distracting for me. I like the head angle, the light, and the feather detail, but you could consider cropping right above the white splotch of feathers, extending the canvas to the left, and sharpening it a bit more. It does come down to personal taste, but here's an idea to consider (I hope you won't mind).
    Hello Mike, I do not mind at all, I am always open to suggestion for improvement. Another set of eyes sure helps at times. I think my edit is very close to yours. I left the canvas the same size and repositioned the bird, tweaked the sharpening. Thanks again.
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