Great Blue Love

[Scott Grant]

I know the Venice Rookery is not the best place to shoot in the evening but i did see the opportunity to make some silhouettes. After patiently waiting for about 1/2 an hour i was pleased to see this in the viewfinder.

In the original file there were so many flies buzzing about! There were also a few offending twigs between the two love birds and behind the GBH on the right. Slight crop for composition. Set WB to shade in post and added a slight vignette.

Is the color too much?

Thanks in advance. :)

D700
500mmVR
1.4X Teleconverter
Manual
ISO 1600
f5.6
1/200

[Oscar Vazquez-Ortiz]

I am just a begginer but seems slightly off center. I think the pro's will probably tell us to
get rid of some of the foliage....Other than that, nice siluette!

Oscar

[DanWalters]

Very simple yet dramatic comp! Agree about centering but the foilage does not bother me. Seems to add to the image.

[Peter Coskun]

I really like this one. I think a vertical crop would work quite well here as there is a lot of empty space on the right and some on the left. I definitely like the warm orange against the silhouetted herons.

[Troy Lim]

Agreed with the vertical crop, love the colors. ;)

[Joe Senzatimore]

I think it might be a bit wide for a vertical. I might try a square crop on this. It is a beautiful silhouette well worth working on.

[Scott Grant]

Thanks for all the critique!

the original was almost centered. i cropped as to move the birds out of center.

I will try a square crop but Joe. Thanks for the suggestion. :)