Black Crowned Night Heron juvie

[Ann Fiske]

From last summer at Jamaica Bay W. R. Hide by a pond.
Cropped and toned down some hot spots on the pads.
Didn't work on the bird. Focus seems to be on the log.:(

Thanks for C&C, and looking,:)
ann

Camera Model: Canon EOS 20D
Focal Length: 300mm Exposure Time: 1/500
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO Equiv.: 200
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

The eye of the bird does look sharp enough for me here. Love the environmental background and good pose by the bird. I might crop a little of the left, and the sticking out branch on the perch distracts me a bit.

[Alfred Forns]

Agree with comments and would also like more room at the bottom for the toenail !! A little bump in contrast will also help ! might want to try the pre-sets in LR The linear contrast works fine but do play with all of them !! Useful !!

btw I think the original might be sharp enough .. would go with more sharpening. Did the mentioned pre set curves, cropped form the back, went over the bird with the burn tool at 15% then lightly blurred the bg and last some sharpening. btw is always good to recompose of move points to compose !!! Got a keeper !!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Anne - AL'S repost nailed it!!
Like this a lot - Good HA - Clear sharp eye and the included habitat adds to the story.
Just some minor tweaks!!

[Bill Dix]

Great capture. On first look I thought it needed some contrast, and Al's repost hit it. I might even go with a bit more contrast. Love the habitat and the focused stare.

[Ann Fiske]

Thank-You Thanaboon, Al, Lance and Bill.

Al, Love your re-post! Such subtle changes make all the difference!!! One big problem I have is over-working, once I start. Will go back to the original, and try to make it look like yours.:D

ann

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Ann ... good point in over working an image !! Did not need much .. and do try the pre-sets in curves !!!

[Ann Fiske]

Will do, Al.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Ann, I agree,Al's repost corrected some elements I was thinking about when I first saw the image. The bird is sharpened in the repost and due to the blurring of the backround and crop the subject really stand out...

[Dave Leroy]

Repost is very nice and I like the included habitat.

It just needs a bit of room at bottom.

I really like the pose you were able to get. Good one.