Tricolored Heron + Repost

Gallery: AvianPosted March 27, 2012265 views10 comments

Canon EOS 7D
EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS @135mm
3/26/2012 – 8:07:29 AM
1/125 sec
Manual
f/6.3
ISO 400
Handheld with arms on posts
The rookery at St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Raw, LR3, CS5, 71% of FF, 3 twigs cloned out in ULC, had to do some CW rotation

What do you think about the background for this tricolored heron? And because I had to do rotation it gave him less space to look into. Is there enough space left for him? Continuing to work on my rookery photography.

Comments, opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on March 27, 2012 at 11:24 PM

The background and space here are fine IMO. The heron stands out well from the BG which is blurred enough to be non distracting. I might go slightly brighter overall.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 27, 2012 at 11:31 PM

I really like this image. Great clarity and sharpness. The colors are comp. are vary appealing.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on March 28, 2012 at 9:57 AM

Crop looks just fine to me. Good capture.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on March 28, 2012 at 11:04 AM

I think everything is fine with the composition, but I also would like to see the entire image brightened up a bit. That should really bring out the colors. Beautiful, Barbara.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 28, 2012 at 11:49 AM

Thank you so much for the comments and feedback. Here's a slightly brightened repost.

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 28, 2012 at 1:49 PM

I think the background is fine, Barbara. I also think the composition looks very good, with plenty of room for the heron. The repost looks great slightly brighter. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on March 28, 2012 at 4:37 PM

Barbara, I think your composition is just fine and I like the brighter repost. Nice sharpness handheld at 1/125th. Good image.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 28, 2012 at 10:50 PM

Nice job on the repost and I like your composition Barbara

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Comment posted by May Haga on March 29, 2012 at 1:39 PM

Very nice capture Barbara.
May

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 1, 2012 at 2:44 PM

good work with the repost, Barbara. only thing I can add is that, probably due to the rotation, a tiny bit of the lower right corner is clipped off and white--easy to clone back in if necessary.

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