Through the Grass

[Moody McCall]

Found this Tri-colored heron in the salt marsh on a clear day. It was walking along the marsh grass and when it got to this location with the reflection it just looked like the grass surrounded the bird. Just wanting a critique on what people think. Is the grass distracting or do you like it?

Canon 1DX ii Canon 500 and 2 ext shot at f8 1/2000 at ISO 3200

[Chris Elliott]

Moody,

I like the way the marsh grass reflects in the water and creates a tunnel which draws the eye directly to the Tri-Color. I do see a slight yellow cast in the bird, no doubt coming from the grass. I might try to remove the yellow cast and enhance the colors of the heron which I feel would separate the it for the grasses.

Nice image.


Chris

[Moody McCall]

Thanks Chris here is an attempt to remove the yellow cast. Hope u think it is better. I am not the best at editing my pics

[Isaac Grant]

Repost is better with some nice dark shadows and some more depth to the shot. I really like the colors and the reflections in the water. I think this shot would have worked much better if there was symmetry on both sides of the bird, meaning it was in a small little opening and bordered on both sides by the same grasses. As is the right edge is much closer and blurred and to me is distracting and pulls attention away from the bird. In addition you can post 1200 x 800 and as posted it is very hard to critique as it is too small. Especially because your bird is quite small in the frame already. Looking forward to more...

[Moody McCall]

I am just getting used figuring out how to size the photos. This is resized and cropped a little more. I do like it better.

[Isaac Grant]

Saving at the proper size is very easy in Photoshop. Follow these steps.

Go to FILE, EXPORT, SAVE FOR WEB.

Then choose your Image Size on the bottom right of the screen. Start with 1200 x 800. Be sure to check how large your file is, as this site will not allow an upload of more than 400. This size will show directly under the picture on the left hand size. If you are over 400 then just lower your Image Size until you get it right.

Best of luck and hope that helps.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hi there Moody - welcome to BPN!! This is really quite different than what we usually see with this species. I really like what you went for here. A couple of the horizontal stems crossing the heron are unfortunate but really that was out of your control in this situation. In pane #3 I'm really digging the grasses on the left hand side.

[Moody McCall]

Thanks to all for your input. Now I have the import size figured out. Look forward to more sharing and looking at others great shots.

[stuart wanuck]

nice environmental image

[Tim Foltz]

Unique shot where the natural environment frames the subject.

-Tim