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    Default Green Heron and a Turtle.

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    I got surprised and lucky with this image as the heron perched close to me (away from its' preferred perch) but knew right away of my presence. This has been the tamest Green Heron in Ottawa, but this time it was not very comfortable with me. The lighting was pretty ugly from this angle, with the subject being about 3/4 backlit in near mid-day light. I took two frames...the first one was pretty bad and deserved to go straight to the trash bin, the second was this one, which turned out "OK" on the LCD with LOTS of flash and positive exposure compensation...but I still wanted to raise the ISO and stop down the aperture more to get the turtle a little sharper. The heron flew away as I was changing the camera settings.

    The original raw file looks "bad" too on this one with the duckweed almost blown out, and the "steel-eye" caused by the flash quite obvious so those were fixed in post. Contrast and saturation used more heavily than usual to get rid of the washed-out flash look. Some ugly vegetation above the heron's head eliminated, as well as a floating stick in front of the bill. Minor duckweed surface clean-up. Phew!! That's more than I usually do for post-processing!!

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    Composition is really nice, really like the colors
    your PP paid off IMHO

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    Despite all the "trouble" during that photography session and PP, you have clearly survived as winner . Image looks natural, crisp and also exciting with that turtle. It's a matter of an opinion, if it's slightly too tight or not.

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    Got to love the overall color impact in the way the greens FG and BG so nicely complement the colors of the green heron.

    And the combined angles interaction among the bird, the turtle and the ground cover add to the interest.

    Your work in post was quite skillful, as I see no evidence of it -- just a beautiful photograph.
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    I like the heron and the green environment, the stretched neck adds a touch of behavior, good details and PP.The OOF turtle does not work me however.
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    I think that you did quite well with the PP Daniel. I wish that he would have hung around while you changed aperture so the turtle would have been more in focus. Nice image.

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    Daniel, It came out great considering the circumstances. I love the color and detail in the heron and the fact that the duckweed and bkgd are flowing over in each other. Agree with Arash about the OOF turtle.

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    Daniel, the output is excellent and thats all that matters. very good work here. loved the stretched neck and the details. excellent comp. would have liked it more without turtle but this one's terrific too.

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    Great composition and excellent PP work, Daniel.

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    I SO wish that the turtle was in focus. I like the heron and the greens . This kind of picture is so frustrating because it is almost great but for that one thing,
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    Geez, Gail just totally took my words before I wrote them. I love the idea, the comp, the neck and that diagonal line created by the greens but that darn turtle frustrates me for you .

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    Great shot! I love the interaction between the bird and turtle. The duckweed on the pond looks great.

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    Great job on producing this image under those conditions. I also wish the turtle had been on the same plane with the heron, but sometimes it is what it is.
    I noticed you applied some sharpening to the turtle even though it is OOF. Have you tried leaving it unsharpened or maybe blurring it a bit? I wonder how
    the image would look like that...

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    Really love this shot Daniel. Congrats!

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    nice one Daniel,like the duckweed,BG,like the heron with the stretched neck,the turtle well unlucky,but still you have done well.thanks.

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    wow.what a grt job u have done daniel..superb sharpness and nice compo..

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    Very nice sharp and colorful picture Daniel. I do not think he catch a lot in that river. What I like the most is the detail in the feathers.

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    Saw a GH this morning in the kayak. He let me take a few shots....I was thrilled! I have been looking for him

    I like this one for it's duckweed and how the BG flows nicely into it. Very nice color and detail as well. Good job on the PP.

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    A wonderful photo, timing is perfect. Excellent flash work and love the composition.

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    Great interaction. Great save. You pulled a really good image out of a problem one.

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