Great Blue Portrait

Gallery: AvianPosted March 1, 2011111 views5 comments

Shot on the Anhinga Trail in the Everglades. A lot of the birds on the trail are very willing subjects. Again all comments on the image are welcome and wanted.

Canon 30D
Sigma 70-300
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/350
Aperture f11
ISO 250
238mm
90% of original
curves

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Robert Holguin on March 1, 2011 at 11:03 PM

Wonderful image. Nice detail and lighting. My only nit is the little speck near its eye other than that fabulous pic.

Registered on January 25, 2011, 44 Posts, 294 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Marquart on March 1, 2011 at 11:05 PM

Nice detailed closeup Rich, I do find the OOF water plants around the beak and at the top of the photo to be a little distracting and would suggest cloning them out. The plants in the lower part of the photo I like and would definitely keep, other than that, to me this is a fine portrait.

Registered on October 24, 2009, 126 Posts, 799 Comments

Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on March 1, 2011 at 11:07 PM

Exquisite detail and nice lighting on this portrait. Plants don't bother me in this nice shot. Sharon

Registered on November 1, 2003, 392 Posts, 4810 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on March 2, 2011 at 12:00 PM

Richard,

I've seen the little speck of light occur when the sun is at an angle that causes the light to go through the clear part of the eye in my own images so for me that isn't a bother because it happens naturally. I like the profile of the bill along with the natural colors and setting. I do wish the eye was turned a little more towards the viewer.

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

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 3, 2011 at 12:30 PM

Richard, very nice detail and color on this profile shot! My only nit, is also the plants in the BG are just a tad distracting because they intersect with the beak. I might have used a much larger ap instead of f/11 to get more bokeh..maybe f/5.6. I think you stil would have had plenty of DOF to get the heron's head all sharp since it is a side view.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments