Great Blue Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm VR AF-S ED shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/500 f/8 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 200 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10, cloned out intruding branches
Cropped for composition and presentation

[gail bisson]

This is really nice Joe.
The thumbnail doesn't do this justice.
IQ is excellent.
I love the horizontal lines of the perch and the greenery at the bottom.
This image may actually make me rethink my general dislike of high key images!!
Gail

[adrian dancy]

A stunning capture Joe. I'm not crazy about the vertical branch but you have no choice. I'd be happy with this in my portfolio.

[keith mitchell]

Joe I think Gail as covered my thoughts admirably ,all balanced out just right.

Keith.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Love it! Only thing that could be better is a less steep angle and a bit better head angle. The perch is really cool and quite gnarly - which I love.

[Marina Scarr]

This is one heck of an image, Joe. What are you going to do tomorrow when there's no more high key theme? :) There is an amazing artsy feel to this one. The rough perch works well with the softness of the vegetation which also assists in anchoring the images. Love the details in the feathers. Did you actually have a white sky or did you have a pale blue sky and change it? I am really liking that pure white.

[Bill Dix]

Excellent high-key shot, Joe. Great perch, and the touch of green really helps. All is said above. Nicely done.

[Mike Poole]

Nice work Joe, this one appeals to me with it's nice lines and simple format.

Mike

[Jonathan Ashton]

That is a real beauty - such elegance and I love the perch, the white background suits the bird superbly. I reckon that could make a super print.

[Gabriela Plesea]

Dear Joe,

I love this - it has great impact, a very attractive perch and wonderful IQ overall!

I hope you do not mind, I took the liberty to add some canvas at the top and crop from the sides, hope this does not interfere with your ethics in terms of PP work and just a humble suggestion, WDYT?

Kind regards,

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

Gabriela, I don't mind at all. Always open to new ideas, thank you for taking the time to show me.

Be safe and well all....

[Gabriela Plesea]

Joseph - you are such a sport, what pleasure to view your images, and just interact with you

And thank you so much for taking the trouble to critique on my images, always appreciated.

Kind regards, have a super week-end!