Great Blue Heron

[Indranil Sircar]

Taken over the weekend at Sunnyvale Baylands. Here are the settings -

Canon 40D + Sigma 50-500 F4-6.5 APO DG HSM
ISO 400, 1/500 sec, 500mm at f6.2, exp comp. 0. Used PS for H/S and clean the background.

Your comments and feedback would be appreciated.

~ Indranil

[Fabs Forns]

Very dramatic as presented, a little tight on left for such a big bill. There's cloning evidence on the tip and mid bill.
Keep them coming.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I Iike the black bg and the pose but the head looks a bit soft to my monitor

[Doug Brown]

A nice improvement over your last post Indranil! Good points made by Fabs and Manos. Try to get the eye sharp; it really helps with perceived overall sharpness. Thanks for posting!

[Indranil Sircar]

Fabs, Manos, Doug, thanks for all the feedback. Obviously did not do a good job with PS! Here is a revised version...

[Fabs Forns]

Much better! :)