Green Heron Position A

Gallery: AvianPosted August 11, 2010117 views11 comments

Canon 7D With EF 500mm F4 and 1.4 tc
1/250 sec, F 7.1, ISO 500 From Tripod

After waiting and watching for several weeks my local green heron finally assumed Position A. I would love to hear the good, the bad and the ugly on this shot.

Thanks for looking and fire away!

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on August 11, 2010 at 8:29 AM

Michael,

I love the setting, it is the kind of place I would expect to find this species. I love the barnacle on the boulder, the prey in the bill and the pose of the heron too.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 11, 2010 at 9:03 AM

I like the fish in the bill and as oyu know I'm a fan of the habitat but this is not one of your sharpest images from what you shave shown me. Eventhough you were shooting off a tripod, the location of the photo probably meant it wasn't on totally stable ground and resulted in a touch of movement.

I also think you can tone down some of those highlights on the neck and face

- Luke

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on August 11, 2010 at 9:43 AM

Great setting and capture Mike

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on August 11, 2010 at 10:06 AM

The bird is nice and the setting wonderful Michael. The barnacle on the rock is a nice touch. I think sharpness is acceptable here though I would agree with Luke's point.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 11, 2010 at 10:08 AM

I really like the habitat and pose, Michael. I'm not sure what the light was like, but this feels a bit oversaturated to me. There also seems to be a fair amount of noise in both the bg and the bird. It's a beautiful habitat image.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on August 11, 2010 at 10:33 AM

I like the setting a lot - plenty of interesting textures and lines and shapes. I like the position of the heron.

The light is interesting and seems to be coming almost from below the heron.

I have no issue with noise anywhere in the image.

I might move the black point to make the shadows a little deeper.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on August 11, 2010 at 11:27 AM

I like the position and the fact that he's got something, but I think its a tad overexposed, and the BG is a little busy to clearly see that he's got something.

Registered on December 2, 2003, 1247 Posts, 3439 Comments

Comment posted by denise ippolito on August 11, 2010 at 1:30 PM

Nice environment image. The pose and exposure look good.

Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments

Comment posted by David Chauvin on August 12, 2010 at 5:06 AM

Overall, a very nice environmental scene.