Green Heron

[Jim Cumming]

I took this while walking behind him on the Ottawa River...taken with Canon 40D and 400 5.6 lens

[Richard Stern]

Hi,

Nice details on the bird, with good sharp eye, bill details and feathers, and good head angle - but for me the oof black and brown object behind the head is a spoiler.

Richard

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Jim, nice colours, sharpness, and comp. Not too many of these guys let us approach this closely up here, eh! I agree it's a bummer about that OOF element behind the head though. Is this the fella you followed along the shore at AHP last year?

[Arthur Morris]

Yeah, that gator head in the BKGR is a bummer.... Very sharp and lots of fine detail. Toning down the blues would be a good choice. It would not be too tough to lose the gator :)

[Stephen Stephen]

Jim nice details on this bird and good eye contact. As Artie has suggested you could remove the OOF log in the background.

[Jim Cumming]

Thanks all for the critiques...Yes Dan this be the one from last year...unfortunatley I haven't been out much this summer.

[Doug Brown]

Not sure what happened to the original image, but could you please put it back? It helps people follow the thread a little better. Nice job with the repost!

[Jim Cumming]

Thanks Doug..I accidently deleted the Flickr link... Doh!

[Bill Dix]

Handsome bird, with lovely detail. Great repost really works without the gator and saturated blues.

[Arthur Morris]

Great job on losing the gator. The blues look different but a bit funky as does the quality of the BKGR...

[Jim Cumming]

Thank you Bill...Thank you Arthur, the BKGR you speak of is the river reflecting the sky...it was a bit difficult cloning out the 'gator' and still keep the cloudy reflection intack, but it does look a little funky

[Arthur Morris]

YAW Jim. A second look shows that the color of the BKGR looks much more natural in the repost.

[Jim Cumming]

If it really was a 'gator' I would have left it in.