juvenile black crowned night heron

[Peter Coskun]

Camera:	Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture:	f/5.6
Focal Length:	400 mm
ISO Speed:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire

post processing:
selective sharpening
blurred background
cropped some foreground branches

[Ryan Schain]

Nice image Peter! I like the eye, sharpness, and composition. The area where you stopped the blurr along the edge of the bird and the perch is too obvious though :)

[Tony Whitehead]

Focus looks good and the colours are nice with the red eye providing a nice focal point, Peter. I agree with Ryan that a bit more time finessing the masking of the BG blur would be worth the effort. This thread may lead to some suggestions that are useful http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=53815

[Peter Coskun]

Thanks, I looked at it a few times until I felt that the background was nice enough, then I looked at it again and really noticed the obvious blurring ha, I need to work on my technique