Great Blue Herons

[Daniel Belasco]

canon 1dMKIIN 500mm f4 IS @f4 1/2000 iso 400

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice interaction here Daniel. The large branch between the two individuals is a little distracting - but hard to avoid in these circumstances. I love the large branch in the incoming bird's bill. I wouldn't mind a bit more room above - and the birds look like they have had some NR applied to them? If that is the case I would suggest running NR on the BG only. Sharpness and exposure look bang-on.

[Brian Barcelos]

I'd also like more room above and I see some strange black specs on the two birds heads that I would clean up. Other than that a lovely image with plenty going on. Congrats

Brian

[Ed Cordes]

I like the environmental feel of the image. More room at top has been mentioned. The branch between the birds shows reality and I would not remove it. Not quite sure about the black spots on the feathers? Bugs? Fungus?

There does seem to be a sharpening halo. Could be from the jpeg compression.

[Ben Egbert]

Great action, looks plenty sharp, in fact, you have large halos, either from contrast enhancement of sharpening. A bit tight on the right, but the capture of this action makes that acceptable to me.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice image, love the interaction and the nesting material, I agree with Dan's comments, especially NR which seems too much here.

[Harshad Barve]

nice image with interaction , agreed with Daniel here
TFS