Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron

[Milt Berko]

Photographed at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in south Florida.
Olympus E-510, 50-200mm lens + EC-14 Converter.
ISO 200, 1/800 sec., f/8, 283mm, spot metered, -0.3 exposure compensation.
Cropped for composition, some auto contrast.

[Randy Stout]

Milt:

Interesting perspective. The shooting angle at 1st seemed too high, but when you start looking at the photo more, and see the quality reflection and the foot, the angle makes sense.

The composition seems just a bit tight all the way around for my taste, but the overall placement in frame is nice as it works the diagonal very well.

There is some noise in the darker areas of the background.

Good eye.

Keep them coming.

Randy

[Lance Peters]

Hi Milt - agree with Randy - seems to be some weird stuff going on in the BG - tried some NR it worked a little but made some of the artefacting worse.
Little more room top and bottom for my tastes.
Good show - keep em coming :)

[Alfred Forns]

Love it Milt Have seen these birds doing the same at Shark Valley and have no clue what they were up to !!!!

Randy the high angle is a necessity at Wako since we shoot from a boardwalk !!

Agree with suggestions and also consider cropping from the right and leaving a bit more room top/bottom Gives a nice look but do like it as presented !!!!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Milt,
I like the capture on this little guy...he's sitting down chilling out...:D The capture angle is fine due to the conditions of the place...agree with the rest on the techs. Love that eye...keep them coming...:cool:

[wendell westfall]

Milt, i like this a lot. One of my favorite birds, which I have never seen in this pose. Perhaps a little more room all around (?)

[Milt Berko]

Milt, i like this a lot. One of my favorite birds, which I have never seen in this pose. Perhaps a little more room all around (?)

Here is another image taken at the same time with more room all around as some of you have suggested. What do you think?

[David Stephens]

I prefer the first one, with the tighter crop and slightly darker exposure. Was the light changing, or did you change your EV?

Dave

[Milt Berko]

I prefer the first one, with the tighter crop and slightly darker exposure. Was the light changing, or did you change your EV?

Dave

There was no change in the exposure, EV comp, etc. Both images are crops of larger photos. I believe the only difference is the cropping.

[David Stephens]

The reflection of the eye is much stronger and clearer in the first image on my monitor. For that reason alone, I still prefer the first interpretation. :cool:

Dave