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    I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    Hi Joe a nice side profile ... of this beautiful heron species .
    Heron looks good , not sure about the plain blue BG ... looks almost like a composite , but guess it is just natural blue water surface .

    I think this is a great example where direct sunlight in your back is not helping the image .... as the heron appears flat to me , missing a 3D effect .... I hope you get what I mean ??!!
    I would try to get more tonal variation into the wonderful plumage .

    Cheers Andreas and TFS

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann View Post
    Hi Joe a nice side profile ... of this beautiful heron species .
    Heron looks good , not sure about the plain blue BG ... looks almost like a composite , but guess it is just natural blue water surface .

    I think this is a great example where direct sunlight in your back is not helping the image .... as the heron appears flat to me , missing a 3D effect .... I hope you get what I mean ??!!
    I would try to get more tonal variation into the wonderful plumage .

    Cheers Andreas and TFS
    Hi Andreas, thank you for viewing and commenting. You are correct that the background is natural blue water surface from the reflection of a clear blue sky. I masked the subject and made a couple changes. I added a little black and added a little texture. I also masked and lowered the exposure on the background by 0.2. WDYT?
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    Hi Joe ... glad you took my comment into account , I think you have chosen the " wrong " tools for my " idea " of creating a more 3D Lok into the plumage .
    Specially the texture is not your friend ... as the image appears now crunchy , compared to the OP .
    Just my take .
    If you stay in LR .. I would rather use DEHAZE in this case and leave texture and blacks alone
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann View Post
    Hi Joe ... glad you took my comment into account , I think you have chosen the " wrong " tools for my " idea " of creating a more 3D Lok into the plumage .
    Specially the texture is not your friend ... as the image appears now crunchy , compared to the OP .
    Just my take .
    Hey Andreas, it is said that three is a charm, well here is three. I took away the black and texture from the subject, lowered the exposure on the background by 0.3, so the background and the subject are at a slightly different exposure. WDYT?
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    Hi Joe,

    I like the heron in the original post. I think some color gradient in the bg would have probably helped. But I know on really calm days the water can appear really blue, nothing you can do about that.

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    Hi Joe ... I think the last version works best of the three , IMHO.

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    I love all three versions and do not see any big differences in any of them. I love the purple ruff. And I love working right on sun angle.

    And go figure, I love the blue water BKGR.

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