Green Heron

[Richard Waas]

I photographed this beauty at Anhinga in the Everglades a couple of months ago HH at sunrise. Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, 195mm, ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec, Evaluative Metering, Auto Exposure, Auto WB, No Flash. Comments Welcome...

[Dave Mills]

Hi Richard, Great pose,lighting and detail.
A few things..the image looks a bit oversaturated and I would have given it a bit more room on the bottom.
There are some bright areas in the backround that I would either remove or tone down....

[Richard Waas]

Thanks Dave. I'm getting used to my new Cintinq monitor and the contrast and colors are much more muted. Sad to say I don't have any more room at the bottom. Back to the Everglades.......

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Richard Did you set up the monitor?

Agree on Dave's comments !! .... room at bottom is easy to come up with :cool:

[Lance Peters]

Hi Richard - love the detail - agree with Dave some more room at the bottom - BG is what it is.
Good show :)

[Richard Waas]

I do think this looks much better.......

[Dave Mills]

Hi Richard,Your the man! Excellent job with the corrections.I like the image very much!!!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Love the pose and the repost Richard. Something must have caught his attention, I always see them looking down. I am wondering about the log at the bottom:D

[paulinev]

Beautiful green Heron who is by nature a very shy bird - please tell me how you toned down the background Richard? Many thanks Pauline

[Richard Waas]

Pauline, I've been using Lightroom 3 more since it came out. I used the select tool in the hue/saturation section. Pointed to the bright colors and dragged it down. it works great. I also burned in the bright yellow spots a bit in CS5. Very simple.....

[paulinev]

Thanks Richard - my Lightroom 3 is on order so I look forward to trying that out as often the background can be too glaring compare with the subject and this could be useful. I loved your Green Heron. Regards Pauline