G Blue Heron

[Michael Stern]

This image was taken a couple of weeks ago at Wako when the trees still had some leaves after the cold snap. ...High ISO and ran it though noise reduction 2 times...
Hope you like it....!!!
Best,
Michael

Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash: Off
ISO: 1000
Focal length: 500mm

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Michael,
Beautiful bird - looks almost painterly - and the colours are gorgeous. The BG still looks a little noisy to me - perhaps a touch of gaussian blur would help??
Best,
Nicki

[Stephen Stephen]

Michael I like the composition and the fluttered wing feathers in this post. I would have preferred to have the far wing not intersecting the head though.

Did you boost the saturation or vibrance in this image. The colours on the bird look surreal although I must admit I haven't seen many in full breeding plumage.

[Aiden Blake]

The colours of the bird look fine to me. The BG does look noisy still, and could stand with some more blurring to help separate the bird more too.