You Lookin at Me?

Gallery: AvianPosted May 16, 201561 views9 comments

This is my first posting of a Green Crowned Night Heron. I see very few of these guys in my part of Texas. He (she) was very tolerant of me, which I found unusual, because most other heron species I am accustomed to are very shy and skittish. I have additional images of this guy that I will post. I just thought this particular one was humorous.

Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II

Canon 200-400 f4 L IS

f5.6

1/500s

ISO 100

Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 16, 2015 at 12:32 PM

Neat head on portrait Jerry, I like this setting and BG.

Sharp details, nice colors devil

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

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on May 16, 2015 at 2:09 PM

Hi Jerry, I might try a 16 x 10 (or 9) pan vertical to emphasis the porrait nature of the shot, might be an alternative?

TFS

Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on May 16, 2015 at 2:56 PM

Jerry,

Wonderful shot. I think the expression is wonderful. You must have had a great conversation. I wonder how the image would look if you cloned the two OOF flowers above his head out. devil

Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on May 16, 2015 at 5:41 PM

Jerry: a unique and very appealing pose/portrait. Technicals are spot on and a nice mix of the cool blue and green tones. A very minor nit would to tone down or clone out most of the oof white flowers or at least the two near the head. Richard

Registered on January 12, 2014, 453 Posts, 1625 Comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on May 16, 2015 at 8:15 PM

Yeah! I am! Great photo, great title!

Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on May 17, 2015 at 10:17 AM

A great view of the blue-gray version of Big Bird. I believe that a more vertical crop will improve this image. Other than that, I like it a lot devil .........................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Buck Ward on May 17, 2015 at 3:47 PM

Jerry - your picture practically jumped out at me. I made a similar picture years ago, which became a subject when I took up painting as a hobby. Around here we cal lthem yellow crowned night herons - don't know if yours is a diff species or diff local name

Registered on December 8, 2003, 96 Posts, 1917 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 18, 2015 at 12:14 PM

Neat portrait, Jerry. I like the direct pose and the way the grasses frame the bird.