Rufescent Tiger-Heron

[Patricio Murphy]

Nikon D200, AI Nikkor 400mm f/3.5 ED-IF, ISO 400, 1/180 f/4 on tripod

BY MISTAKE I UPLOADED THE NEW VERSION AND OVERWROTE THE ORIGINAL PICTURE, SO THE COMMENTS BELOW REFER TO THE PREVIOUS PICTURE, NOT THIS ONE.
My apologies, and thanks again to all who commented and helped me get it better.

[john crookes]

A nice find and good clear perch.

The head angle is away from you and it looks like some kind of cast is present.

Also the eye needs some work

keep going at them

maybe a little cast removal and eye work will help like this

also you can post up to 800 on the long side to help with evals

John

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Patricio,
Like the composition, would like to see just a little bit of head angle towards you. I'm seeing a bluish purple over cast or hue in the entire image...:eek: Would also recommend to clone the blade of grass out thats sticking out on the left bottom side of your frame, and the eye could use just a tad of sharpening...:D

[Philip Lombard]

I agree with the nits, using the medium eyedropper in curves will correct the color cast. Pretty bird.

[Leroy Laverman]

Interesting looking bird. Where was this taken?

[Patricio Murphy]

Hi everyone, thanks for the comments.
John, your version is way better than mine, I'll keep working on it!
The photo is taken in Argentina, in a place called Villa Paranacito, 150Km north from Buenos Aires, in the Parana River's delta. It's the exact same spot where I shot the Kingfisher I posted a couple of days ago.

[Blake Shadle]

Very nice image Patricio. John, great work to improve the image. I was going to guess it was taken in Costa Rica... considering Todd's article: http://www.birdphotographers.net/ezine/apr08_03.aspx

[Dieter Schaefer]

Agree with the comments above. How about some digital pruning, cast removal, and toning down of the background?

[Maxis Gamez]

Second post works best. Cloning out the leafs to the left will isolate your main subject a lot more.

[Patricio Murphy]

Thanks for all the input. I already made another version, which I won't post just because it's pretty similar to John's version, I'll try the cloning stuff.