I captured this image of a Green Heron 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)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 640 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017, the tips of a couple misplaced leaves removed
Cropped for composition and presentation
Last edited by Joseph Przybyla; 12-10-2016 at 08:17 PM.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
I do like this Joe nice clean and simple that bg is lovely,Heron looks good from it's beak to it's toes,tiny nit but would like to see this with a bit more on the left as I look at it.
Very nice image, nice perch, great bird and smooth background. The crop seems a bit tight on his head. I would either open up the crop top and left a bit or just move the bird down in the frame a little more.
That is a gorgeous shot, lovely even light and an interesting pose on a stem showing how those feet really look. I think I would agrre with previous comments suggesting a little more space to left and top.
I really enjoyed this image - thanks Joe.
Joe, I think you need to look at your masking & cloning, top LHC, the lighter patch looks a bit odd.
Hi Steve, I see the area that looks odd at the top left. Not sure why, no work was done in that area. Easy fix, I blended it in with the rest of the background. Thanks for looking and bringing that to my attention.
P.S. Looking at the original it had to have happened when I extended the canvas on the top and left. To quick to post an edit I missed it.
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams