Handsome Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted July 23, 2014162 views6 comments

I managed several shots of this Tricolored Heron from several points of view and liked this higher angle best because the black river water had the better reflection of the blue sky which seem to separate the subject and blend with the vegetation best. Hand held from boat, 55% of full frame.

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File Name Ramy_1580_CF26-1
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Date/Time 3/26/2013 2:01:58 PM
Author Michael Ramy
Copyright Notice Rock Art Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/400
Av( Aperture Value ) 6.3
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 125
Lens 50-500mm
Focal Length 244.0mm

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on July 23, 2014 at 11:27 PM

Mike: Pretty nice image of the Tricolored. The colors look pretty over saturated to me. Were they pushed in post?

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 23, 2014 at 11:48 PM

Keith,
I am trying to get a handle on a new computer system (replacing my old XP), is this look better on your monitor?

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 24, 2014 at 12:02 AM

Good shot of a sometimes-skittish species. I agree with Keith on the saturation. Still a little strong-looking in the re-post.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on July 24, 2014 at 8:38 AM

Mike: The repost is still heavy on the saturation. I'm not seeing much, if any difference between the two posts.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 24, 2014 at 9:30 AM

I've never seen one of these in the flesh, ya gotta love the plumage colors here..
Good details & light, well composed Mike.

Is your monitor being calibrated at regular intervals?
Anyway, I'm leaning more towards a color balance issue. Just my two cents

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 24, 2014 at 8:07 PM

Wonderful plumage in this bird, Mike. Ordinarily, I'd say this was a rather steep angle, but if you needed it for a decent bg, I can understand that. I might play with trying to clone out some of that bright colored debris along the top of the image.

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