Courtship - I need help with this

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi - I took this at the Alligator Farm this spring but am bothered by the bg and fg (maybe there are a lot of other
things to worry about also:)) Any suggestions? The crop is tight because of even more oof leaves on top.

Comments and suggestions greatly appreciated!

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Cheryl


Canon 30D
Canon 100-400L, f/6.3, 1/400, ISO 400, @220mm

[Lance Peters]

HI Cheryl - I would be tempted to go even tighter - good HA on both birds - they do tend to merge together - but I quite like this tender moment and love the backlight on the hairdo.
The back bids bill behind the leaves kind of bothers me - you could easily fix if it fits with your ethics.

Here is a couple of really quick changes :) (PS work not perfect but you get the idea)

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Cheryl

Good basic image Not easy capturing the cattle egrets at the Farm ... they seem to hide all the time !!! Didn't see the tech info but looks like you stopped down for dof which brought the bg into play .. btw you did well.

I like the re post A little tighter simplifying the bg. Looks like you had some leafs in the way top and bottom. Might try blurring around the birds with some Gaussian blur !!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Cheryl,
A very fine capture indeed, I like the details and color rendition...Mr. Peters' tighter repost puts it over the top...looking forward to your next one...good show...:cool:

[Cheryl Slechta]

Lance - Thanks - I like the repost much better.:)


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Cheryl

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Cheryl:
I like the fact that you were able to capture them in their natural habitat. Great head angle and details.
I like it as presented.