Grey Heron

[Dave Barnes]

Ok I have made sure, this one has never been posted anywere.:D
All comments welcome.
Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1250
Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6
ISO Speed 640

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dave, you seem to have your herons sorted. Another sharp image showing good detail. Great contrast between the heron and the BG, and I like that he has building material. If this were mine, I would have blended in the lighter areas in the BG. Doesnt distract from a fine image.

[arash_hazeghi]

Sweet sharpness and details, BG is pleasing and you got some sweet light. Nesting material adds a behavioral touch to the photo. The area around the eye looks a bit hot but overall exp is very good.

[Daniel Belasco]

LOL
!!!!!!!

[Marc Mol]

Great in flight shot Dave, with the nesting material taking it up a notch.
Agree with Arash, a little hot around the eye.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely compo and sweet sharpness , agreed with above comments
TFS

[Norm Dulak]

Dave:

I agree with the others that this is a lovely image, and I think that their suggestions for improvement are good. I also feel though that the image is a bit too centered, and I would suggest cropping out about half of the space to the left of and below the image. This would emphasize the space into which the bird is flying.

This repost shows the result of this change. But thanks for sharing this image!

Norm Dulak

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments.
I am a bit confused I have looked at the light area around the eye and I see that the lightest pixels resulting from sharpening are 254 251 255. The general area is in the region of 235 232 225. I dont find any clipped (hot) area with no detail. Am I missing something?

Edit: Norm I agree with your crop.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Loved the pose, nice Bg and light, the repost adds well... congrats..

[denise ippolito]

Dave, Beautiful details in the wing. I do like the crop repost and the nesting material.

[Chris Kotze]

Sharp,super detail and colours. Well captured Dave

[Nagesh Mula]

Its a nice picture Dave, somehow I am struck between the original and repost here as I really liked the BKGR in the Original and the repost on the position of the bird. The whites are good in the original according to me. Overall a great picture. Congrats!!

[Dave Barnes]

Thanks to all for looking and for comments.