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    Gayle Clement
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    Default Snowy Egret Defending His Territory

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    As the birds returned to roost on a small rookery there was much jockeying for space. A little blue heron landed directly below the snowy, causing this reaction.

    Comments and critiques welcome and greatly appreciated.



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    this is really beautiful, it really shows of that spectacular plumage---and all the techs are great too.

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    Nice soft light and pose. It looks like the photo has a small green colorcast?

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    Blake Shadle
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    Very nice work, Gayle. I might try to tone down the feathers on his back. The area of the stick in shadow tends to pull my eye away from your subject, so I might crop from the bottom right above that. I really the pose and the intense stare.

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    Stunning Image, This is Art not just a picture of a bird!!!

    Very Well Done from Here!!!

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    Alexander Koenders
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    I dreampicture wich i really love

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    I love your image, but I thought it could use a little more crop. Took the liberty. Do you like it better?

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    Quote Originally Posted by susanschermer View Post
    I love your image, but I thought it could use a little more crop. Took the liberty. Do you like it better?
    Very nice work, Susan. I like the space in the original horizontal, but this is a very exciting composition. All attention is drawn to the subject and the incredible pose.

    EDIT: on second thought, I really like the repost.

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    This is not my image, Blake; wish it was. I merely cropped it. It is Gayle Clements'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by susanschermer View Post
    This is not my image, Blake; wish it was. I merely cropped it. It is Gayle Clements'.
    I know ;) You did a fine job coming up with a very please composition...

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    I like the original and the repost too....I'd be ecstatic if I'd have shot this one...beautiful subdued light and a really nice pose! I think yes just a bit of a tone down on some of the whites on the back..

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    Nice shot. Great light and behaviour. I actually like the first one.

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    Raul Quinones
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    Awesome picture, like both, but I prefer the first one.

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    Thanks for all of the comments everyone. I was really pleased with this one and left it totally uncropped so that I could get feedback on the crop. My favorite so far is to crop is as a horizontal, cutting out only the shadowed branches, Blake's original suggestion. I like Susan's crop but fear it's a little too tight in front of the bird. Now I have to figure out how to tone down the bright spots!

    I also agree with Andrew about the slight green cast. Originally it was quite green. The late light on the budding Louisiana cypresses cast a really green light. I use Robert O'Toole's Blur/Average technique to take out some of the green cast, backing it down halfway so I wouldn't lose the soft light and have a bright white bird. I will try a print and maybe back off on the colorcast a bit more.

    Thanks again for all of the help and advice!

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    All points already mentioned and dealt with. Just want to mention that this is an extraordinary show of feathers and breeding plumage. Could not have asked for a better pose.

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    The repost works best. There is a strong green cast.

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    beautiful Gayle, and the recrop is quite nice...fellow Louisianian had to play too.
    White balance a bit and killed hot spot and brightened rest of egret a wee bit

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    Again, thanks for the comments and assistance. Daniel, I watched this snowy and took many photos of different poses because he was the only one on a branch with a clean background. I actually have even better display but have a few sticks and shadows on those.

    I tried the crop, multiplying the very bright areas of the back, and removing the green. The biggest difference between mine and fellow Louisisian Dave is that I left a little of the warm late afternoon light on the bird.

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    Superb Image Gayle !!!!!

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    It's already been mentioned many times but I must chime in, absolutely beautiful image no matter how you decide to crop it. Thanks for sharing Gayle.
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