TriColored Heron #3

[Daniel Belasco]

canon 1dMKIIN 100-400mm 5.6 lens @ 400mm f5.6 1/320 sec iso 800

Obviously getting real close towards nightfall. Can't decide to make the bird or the palm frond reflection my subject matter. Cropped only 5%

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Looks like it may just benefit a touch from CW rotation, but only a little. Lovely mood in this image Daniel. Like the wide view and think a pano crop may also work well with it. It has a painterly feel for me. :)

[Harshad Barve]

Looks like it may just benefit a touch from CW rotation, but only a little. Lovely mood in this image Daniel. Like the wide view and think a pano crop may also work well with it. It has a painterly feel for me. :)

Ditto Akosbhai here
TFS

[Tony Whitehead]

Love the reflections in the water and sharpness of the bird. Easiest way to get things level in this image is to use the measure tool and drop a line from the bill tip to the tip of it's reflection and then rotate canvas/arbitrary - comes out at approx 1.5 degrees CW on this one.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Daniel,
Good advice given on the rotation already. I am not the biggest fan of the BG but did find the palm frond reflecting quite interesting. If you browser crop up off the bottom....eliminating most of the brighter areas....more to a pano......this keeps the palm frond reflection yet minimizes one of the bigger distractions. I would still consider patching out/smooth a few of the other reflections above the tri's head....but only if you are OK with such things......just the Pano crop alone will strengthen the image IMO.