Yellow-crowned Night-Heron juveniles at Ocean City Rookery, 6:30 AM. Minor crop, and I slightly reduced the distance between the two birds to compose better in a 9:16 pano. Removed part of an oof heron in the fg.
D7200, 500f4, ISO 2500, 1/2000s @ f/7.1 manual, Gitzo and Mongoose.
I think the birds are too far apart in the first post. In order for the image to work I think there needs to be more interaction between the two birds. The second post is far better IMHO.
I like both....I do find the birds a bit far apart in the 1st but that would have been okay if the right bird had had a better head angle, mirroring the left one more. I think overall, I prefer the 2nd version, the background works better in the 2nd even though it is from the same frame. In the first I get the impression of atmospherics in the background, making it a bit nervous looking especially at the grey to white transition. In the 2nd that affect is minimized for whatever reason.
I like both images, and I am fine with the distance between the subjects in the OP.
Lovely detail and pose in both frames, superb colours, nice and sharp. I would consider cropping a tad from the top for a more pano look in the OP, thinking it might add more emphasis on the birds and their "conversation".
Thank you all. I also prefer the second, cropped image. But I thought there was something amusing about the two birds facing each other across the void, and figured it was worth sharing.
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