Tri-colored Heron

[Oscar Vazquez-Ortiz]

Breaking in my new Canon EOS 50D coupled with the usual 100-400mm lens.
Techs: Canon EOS 50D, 100-400mm, f/9, 1/1600sec, ISO400, FL 400mm,
Pattern, Manual. Small crop. No photoshop alterations except for overall NR.
C/C welcomed and encouraged!

Regards,

Oscar

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Oscar

Congrats on your new gear, will get lots of fine images with it !!!

Might suggest to post at least 800 pixels, makes it easier to evaluate !!!

Got a good exposure, looks sharp and managed a clean bg Would be better with the bird lower in frame and the bird seems to be looking away. On still birds posing like this one we do prefer the head angle for a couple of reasons, first will have the tip of the bill in the same plane as they eye and second it looks more intimate !!! As presented might increase contrast a bit in PS and give the eye a round of sharpening !!! ... bg wise I normally desaturate the blue just a tad Looking forward to the next one !!!

[Lance Peters]

Hi Oscar - agree with AL - hard to tell what the IQ is like from the small file.

Wondering if it might have a bit of a colour cast?

[Dave Mills]

Hi Oscar, agree with comments above and wish for a bigger image which would make it easier to evaluate.