Nankeen Night Heron

[Lance Peters]

Hi - hope everyone hada great year year - I am aay on holidays at presentno Internet access (cept for this quick go)
Spent the last few days with my Favourtie bird - Nankeen Night Heron - NO PP here - just cropped , very hard to get these guys in a clean BG.

D3
Sigmonster @800mm
F5.6
1/80th
0.7 EV
800 ISO
TRIPOD

very early morning light - could have gone higher ISO to get a faster shutter speed.

coments appreciated.
:)

[Desmond Chan]

Wow ! Very sharp eye and great colors !!

[Nonda Surratt]

Yea what Desmond said..REALLY NICE

[denise ippolito]

Lance, I think your image is very nice w/ sharp detail and great colors-I never saw this type of bird-Thanks for sharing!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Very nice Lance. Like the pose and the colours on the bird and the BG. Just thought the blacks on the beak were a bit flat so I did a screen on them to lighten the black and bring out more detail.

[Cheryl Flory]

I like the extra details your brought out in the blacks, Jackie.
wonderful soft feel to the feathers, as well as good saturation without over doing it.
beautiful image and bird

[Gail Spitler]

Beautiful image of a wonderful bird
Gail

[Sue Thomson]

Lance - You have such amazingly different birds down there! This one is very cool!

Jackie - I like what you did with the bill, but would you mind explaining what a screen is and how one does it? I have PS7 and am very much on a learning curve!

Thanks!
Sue

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Sue,
Used the magic wand to select the beak, then copied it (control J). Right click on that layer and select screen as a blending mode. Think I went close to 100 percent in the opacity slider, or you can go 100 percent and then erase to taste right on your picture.

[Gus Cobos]

Mr. Peters,
A very Happy New Year to you Sir...:)
I like your composition and capture you have very good head angle and a sharp, clear eye. the color rendition is very good...I like the multi colored background...agree with Lady Jackie on the bill...good show...:cool:

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi lance:

Sure is a great shot of a beauty I have never seen before . . .

Thanks for sharing.

Uncle Gus

BTW: Do you leave IS on when you use a tripod? The reason I ask is that I have seen Camera makers say; "To turn IS off when you use a tripod."? When I asked the question in the forum, answers were varied.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Excellent head angle and very sharp Lance.
Congrats,