TriColored Heron #2

[Daniel Belasco]

canon 1dMKIIN 500mm f4 IS @f4 1/800 sec iso 800

[Harshad Barve]

nice pose , compo and colors
TFS

[Tony Whitehead]

Like the sharpness of the bird against the painterly BG and reflections on the water. Wondering about a slight crop to minimise the impact of the bright area near the bottom of the frame.

[Paul Randall]

Hi Daniel, I think this works better than your last post of this sequence.
I think Tony's repost works a bit better in regards to composition as well.
Looks like it could do with a tiny CW rotation (the round ripples are the give away that things are'nt quite square) could be my imagination though.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice colors and detail on the bird, love the smooth water. Wish for better HA and lower shooting angle.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

I know you like darker images, but this one looks a bit dim to me, about 1/2 stop really perks it up without blowing whites. I agree with Tony's crop suggestion.

Arash:

Since the reflection is an important part of this image, a lower shooting angle would stretch and distort the reflection, so I think Daniel did well on the shooting angle. I do agree about the Head angle.

Cheers

Randy