Night Herons in Tree

[BillTyler]

This tree sits in the middle of a pond, and the night herons sometimes like to gather there in the late afternoon.

D200
300mm f/4 + 2x extender
1/200 f/11
ISO 200

Bill

[Milan V]

I like it. Maybe some small crop from bottom and left will be even better.

[Diego Torrentes]

Hi Bill:

I like this pic, the herons seem very relaxed looking at infinity in this tree full of leaves. Well exposed and sharp in my opinion. Looking forward to see more.

Bye,

[wendell westfall]

Nice image, BillTyler . . . and unusual. I agree with Milan V about the cropping. I think it would help in eliminating a slight overdose of green color in the image and show off the herons better.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Bill Agree with taking some left/bottom Would love to see same with a 600 converters isolating one bird !!! Excellent !!!

[Lance Peters]

Nice habitat shot - agree with the cropping suggestions - more reach and you would be looking real good.

keep them cooming :)

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Bill,
I like the capture, agree on taking off from the left and on the bottom, also further focal reach would be nicer...:) looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Ron Boisvert]

Hi Bill,
I hope you don't mind the repost. I saw this image in your image, and think it might be a little like Al is suggesting, without the magnification. What do you think?

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Not bad for using a f/4-300 prime and a 2XTC. That a lot of focal length for a slow shutter, well done. Do you have room to crop the image and enlarge the subjects - nice job.

[Bob Miller]

Hi Bill....Like the repost that Ron did. I saw the same image in your image when I first looked at it. The front bird is soft but the rear bird looks much sharper. Also I like the power shape of the triangle when cropped as the repost. You might consider taking a tad more off the right hand side of the repost

[BillTyler]

Hi Bill,
I hope you don't mind the repost. I saw this image in your image, and think it might be a little like Al is suggesting, without the magnification. What do you think?

Hi Ron,

Well, the consensensus is the crop, and you've done a nice job of it. It looks like you added some sky on the right as well, which I think is also an improvement. Thanks!

Bill

[BillTyler]

Hi Bill....Like the repost that Ron did. I saw the same image in your image when I first looked at it. The front bird is soft but the rear bird looks much sharper. Also I like the power shape of the triangle when cropped as the repost. You might consider taking a tad more off the right hand side of the repost

It's amazing how shallow depth of field is. I had to focus on one bird or the other, or have both soft. I'm going to do some more playing with the crop, but I really like what Ron posted.

Bill