The Thinker

[John Whaley]

A Little Blue Heron contemplating things.
1/2500, f6.3, auto ISO 560, 500 f4 E + 1.4III, D850.

Attachment 175988

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great title. Sharp, well exposed. I like the right amount of space left behind the leg. Were the lores and bill this pale? You could add a touch more saturation on those parts - the sponge tool would work well there.

[gail bisson]

This is very nice but as soon as I opened it, I thought the colors (on bill and neck) are not accurate. The neck should be more magenta/red and the bill should have more blue.
I would revisit in PP ( more saturation and adjust white balance to warmer) because this is an excellent image with a great title!
Gail

[John Whaley]

This is very nice but as soon as I opened it, I thought the colors (on bill and neck) are not accurate. The neck should be more magenta/red and the bill should have more blue.
I would revisit in PP ( more saturation and adjust white balance to warmer) because this is an excellent image with a great title!
Gail

Thank you both for the feedback. I went back and looked at all the original images and the first post accurately reflects the colors on this LBH. I don't know if maybe it is a first year adult and has not developed more color yet or just a variation but the bolder colors are not there. In any case here is a warmer edit with more pp in the beak area.

Attachment 176001

[gail bisson]

Repost looks great!
Gail

[William Dickson]

Looking good John. POV and DOF perfect. Great pose and detail. Very nice

Will

[David Policansky]

Wonderful image, John. Not sure I like the repost better than the original but both are wonderful.

[annmpacheco]

super Jon, love this, colors, scratch, and just the claw doing the job. Well done