Taken before the sun came over the trees - nice color to the water background. Vertical crop from a horizontal shot.
D300 - 400 2.8 VR with 1.4 tc (my 1.7 got wet - I need a new one)
1/640 f/5 with +1 EV ISO 200.
Fantastic light, sharpness and BG Allan. A little bit of more head turn would be fantastic. I like this image in vertical format but clearly it needs more room at the top and at the bottom (and a litle more in the left).
Terrific eye, BTW :-)
Exposure and details look good. I like the water color. A bit more of a head turn would have been nice. I agree with Juan about needing more room on the bottom and top.
Hate to sound like a broken record, but the head angle is a major reason why an image like this has less than the potential impact...it's just harder for the viewer to connect directly with the bird. The lighting and color are really gorgeous and the view of the back of the heron shows us some great feathers are not seen as often.
Hi Alan, very sharp and well exposed image. Going along with the fella's above, more room at the top and bottom (leaving room for the "virtual legs" - not a rule, just a guideline) would be nice. Also a head angle either parallel to the image plane, or slightly toward you would have been best. In this situation, directly parallel would have worked best, IMO. If you don't have a problem with this ethically, make a quack sound out of the corner of your mouth to ask your subject for a few seconds of their attention ;)
I agree about needing more room. I can add more at the top but not sure I can do anything at the bottom. I know the tricks, but this seems harder than adding a wing tip???
I kind of like the head turn - maybe just me. If the head was turned more there would be interaction with me, which is usually what I want. But here, the heron is seen looking at something in the distance. Maybe the idea just doesn't work?
Night heron
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