Albufera´s Grey Heron

[Hugo Estévez]

Hi, everybody. This is my first image in the forum and I would like to know your opinions and critiques. I made it last weekend on a litte boat in La Albufera, a big lagoon near Valencia, Spain. I used flash and the parameters are: 1/250 s, f/9 ISO 400, 400 mm. Sorry for my english

[Markus Jais]

Beautiful shot. I like the perch and the composition of this shot, as well as the soft light. Wonderful head angle.
I only wish for a little more room at the right.

Markus

[Arthur Morris]

I think that Markus meant, "at the left." Otherwise an excellent critique. I just love the soft light, the elegant design, and the simplicity. An option might be to sharpen a tad more and increase the contrast just a bit.

[Tomas Calle]

Hi Hugo,

Welcome to the forum. I like the picture but I would prefer more room behind the bird. The background is fog?

Warm greetings.

[Hugo Estévez]

Hi, Tomas. It was a cloudy day but there wasn´t fog.

[Fabs Forns]

Hola Hugo, bienvenido a BPN :)

Excellent critique above, love the picture expect a bit tight behind the bird, as mentioned.

Will be looking forward to more from you, enhorabuena!

[Connie Mier]

I also like the lighting and glad that the bird's head was turned a bit toward you. My preference would be to not include so much of the perch, maybe more sky above and to the left of the bird instead.