Blue Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted January 28, 2012502 views10 comments

I believe this is my first post to avian. My infrequent avian images can't compare with the high level avian images regularly posted here. Today, however, I was working on some older film images and I came across this blue heron photo which I took a few years ago early one fall morning. After doing a little more processing of it, including some branch cloning, I decided to post it here for comment/criticism. Blue Heron, Lake Newport, Mill Creek MetroParks, Youngstown, Oh. Nikon F5, 500f4, velvia. Slightly larger image included. Comments/suggestions welcome.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 28, 2012 at 9:06 PM

neat shot, Scott. great colors, reflection, and composition. the way the water color transitions more or less right at the water/reflection line is surreal and really cool. really like the curving branch too.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on January 28, 2012 at 9:34 PM

Nice brilliant colors! Overall a very pleasing photograph. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 28, 2012 at 9:36 PM

Scott, I love this. Wonderful colors and lines, light and mood and elements.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 29, 2012 at 10:31 AM

I really like the comp Scott. The early morning Fall light is great. The colors look a bit too saturated on my monitor, but that is just my taste.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on January 29, 2012 at 10:39 AM

A beautiful image, very well composed- Great reflection and lovely palette- Agree with Ron about color saturation, but probably that's the result of the digital conversion from Velvia film- Thanks for sharing, Fabio

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 29, 2012 at 10:57 AM

That is a really cool composition with the curve of the branches & the reflections of the branches & the heron! I like it a lot!

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on January 29, 2012 at 2:01 PM

I very much like this composition...a different kind for a GBH. Colors look over saturated to me, but you have nice light, detail and a great reflection. Sharon

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on January 29, 2012 at 7:56 PM

Interesting setting and reflections. Composition works well for me but I agree with the previous comments about over saturation.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 29, 2012 at 10:11 PM

Hi Scott

A fine bird and habitit composition

The velvia colors are out of this world, but slightly saturated

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on June 10, 2012 at 9:39 AM

Great image Scott, artistically composed.
I especially like the reflections and the curved branches R cool

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