I captured this image Friday morning at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering + 1 EV ISO 1600 Auto WB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Great positioning Joe and I love the BG with an indication of the vegetation.
Good one. I reckon a bi of "punch" would help. Something simple like a gamma drop would do in my workflow.. Others may have more complcated methods
Cheers
John
I too like the vegetation at bottom, especially the larger leaves. An OK flight pose, well balanced comp. A bit of bad luck with the yellowish spots in the background being aligned behind the heron's head.
John and Daniel, thank you for viewing, commenting and suggesting improvements to the image. I worked it up again paying attention to the improvements mentioned. Here is a repost.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Hi Joseph, decent flying pose (especially for herons) and nice habitat shot. I like the second post best, as it removes what was a it of a bdistracting BG behind the heron's head. TFS