green heron

[Ray Rozema]

N d200 600 mm TC 1.4x
Matricx meter Exp comp 0
F 5.6 1/1250 ISO 320
Remove few branches

My criique
Perch ugly
should the F stop been increased because it appears part of the bird is not in the DOF
Does it need mores room on rt
Light angle and HA not ideal
Wife told me to leave the leaves.
Thanks for suggestions
Ray Rozema

[Dave Mills]

Hi Ray, agree and don't agree with your self critique. Agree about increasing the fstop to at least F8 since you had plenty of light and shooting a stationary subject. Perch is very hot and needs to be toned down. The leaves on the upper left I would remove since their not adding anything to the image and are distracting. I would remove them on the bottom also. The backround appears nicely muted. The light,while not warm, is not harsh on the subject.(other than the leg)I feel the birds position is OK.

[arash_hazeghi]

light is not bad, details are good too.I would clone the leaves they don't add much.

Nice work, TFS looking forward to the next.

[Peter Farrell]

Hi Ray,
Wonderful portrait of this Green Heron. Great details. Composition looks good to me. Perch needs work as noted, I am okay with the leaves if you tone down the hot spots. Always important to do what the wife tells you :)
Peter

[Dave Leroy]

Composition looks good to me.

I agree about removing both sets of leaves and toning down the perch and the leg.

Nice and sharp and lots of detail.

I think you did really well in the field and photo needs a little tlc in pp'n.

Well done.

[Alfred Forns]

Another vote for getting the weed-eater to work !!! Good pose and sharp !! .. head angle not bad, the main thing is the perch !!!

[Ray Rozema]

thanks to everyone for taking the time to comment.
I did tone down the perch. If I went further it was an even uglier grey
I will keep trying

Ray