Green Backed Heron Scratch

[Dumay de Boulle]

Liking the looser crops so im trying something different.

Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 500 f4 L IS + 1.4 Ext
AV f6.3
tv 1/1600
Exp +0.33
ISO 640
AWB
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac

Crits appreciated

[gail bisson]

This is lovely Dumay. I love the comp. The BG is great and the scratching adds interest to the picture. Nice light and simple perch.
Akeeper for sure,
Gail

[Dumay de Boulle]

Decided to post a tighter crop as well to see which is preferred

[christopher galeski]

nice image Dumay,like the BG, nice pose,leg up scratching bonus,nice light,Like the first post better,but both are bang on.thanks.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice pose, good perch, great BG. I like looser comps too, so I'm biased on the first...but on that one I'd like to see the subject placed a bit closer to the edge (perhaps halving the current amount of space between it and the edge). I love the green sheen on the crown!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Dumay, excellent BG and IQ as always. very nice pose. I like poses as they add that extra bit to bird-on-stick/ duck-in-water/ shorebird-in-sand/ egret-in-water images.

At 1024-pixels wide, I do like the wider crop. If you were to post it as 800-pixels wide, then yes, the tighter obviously works better.

[Wynand van Wyk]

A lovely image captured! I agree with the above. I like the first. Great background and pose!

Superb!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Nicely done Dumay. You've been getting great looks at greenies and have used these opportunities well.
Nice bg, perch, pose.
I like both comps but prefer the original one. I'd move him slightly more to the left as Daniel suggested.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Dumay. I prefer the original post best. I like the IQ, details, pose, perch and BG.

[Dudley Watson]

Great image..Remember what you told me it has to be No 1

Like your new hairstylist at Mankwe

[Karl Egressy]

Thighter crop is the winner IMO.

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome pose light and BG + sharp details, lovely!

[Chris Kotze]

Excellent smooth background,a super pose detail and colours well captured Dumay

[Stu Bowie]

Hey mate, I would go with your OP with a touch off the top. Well timed to capture the scratch, and that BG rocks.