Green Heron in Habitat

[Philip Lombard]

Since I got sick this is the first time using my new lens. Not much stiring but I was able to get this shot.

ISO 400
500 f4 and 1.4 ext.
1/500 at F9
AV mode

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose and eye contact. The setting is a bit busy. Could you post some techs? Thanks for sharing!

[Dave Phillips]

I very much also like the alert pose(have shot 1,000's of these)
Image is quite dark and lacking color IMO.....also posted in Adobe RGB.
"converting" to sRGB will help color presentation for most browsers

opened up a bit in levels, adjust saturation and a bit more sharpening.....all the basic items, hope this helps.
Will be so much better with original on your end

Also, there is a large sensor dust spot at top....and congrats on the new glass and illness recovery(?)

[Philip Lombard]

Thanks Dave here is the finished product.

[Dave Phillips]

wow, I just popped in here and there it is.
The rework IMO looks wonderful and is a great improvement....what do you think?

the shadow is very harsh to work with though

[Philip Lombard]

I agree but after 3 hours of nothing I took what he gave me. Thanks for the help.

[Arthur Morris]

Sharp and a nice pose but yes to too busy with fairly harsh shadows. Like the pose too. A small boost in SAT somewhere between the two reposts (thanks Dave) would be in order. The triangular shadow at the bird's neck and the curving branch that hits the bird's neck are both take away from the artistic impact of this image.