Heron at Dawn.

Canon 5D, Canon 100-400mm L I.S. @ 260mm, 1/50 sec @ f5.6,
+1 stop exposure compensation, iso 100, Raw, Gitzo 1548/B1.
Levels, Hue/saturation.


Hi,

I normally love frame filling portraits so decided to go from one extreme to the other.
Taken yesterday morning on a beautiful tranquill morning at dawn just as the sky's pastel colours were being reflected in the sea.
There's quite pronounced light fall off on the frame edges when using the 100-400 on the 5D, I corrected most of it using the lens correction tool in Photoshop,it's not really noticeable on an A3+ print but I noticed it's still slightly apparant on the downsized jpeg, I didn't bother correcting it further as I felt it wasn't overly detrimental to the image, but I'd be interested in hearing if anyone finds the remaining darkening an issue.


All comments always welcome and appreciated.

Ooooooh, now that's classy! The colours on the water are magical - very pearlescent.

The overall impact of the shot is superb - all that space, one bird - like a king surveying his territory.

Personally I much prefer shots like this to 'frame fillers' - these kind of shots require more vision and thought.

Excellent.

Oh yes that does it for me

Love it. Less, I find, is often more. Until I read your post, didn't notice the light fall off at all. Either way still works for me

Oooooooooooooo.............very minimalist..........wallhanger if ever I saw one Justin

One teensy-weensy thing, personally I think the heron should bad a tad more to the right - I look at the image and my brain (small as it is!!) just wants to nudge it that way a bit

Stunning Justin,defiantly one for the wall

Regards

Hello Justin
Your A3 print must be gorgeous, I really like this image. The darkening is quite noticeable, and detracts slightly IMHO, but if it doesn't show on the print, then it doesn't matter anyway!
Best wishes
Phil

superb justin. not at all what i was expecting. beautiful...

mark

Lovely shot. Good creative vision.

Simon

Looks great! Darkening doesn't detract from it, if anything it focuses your attention to the heron.

Matt

I really like the composition on this one. Well seen.

Superb.... nothing else to say, perhaps the best image I have seen this year (make your own conclusions there)

Very nice indeed, would make an excellent poster.

T

Very different! Allmost a "macro" shot of a heron... , but sooooooooooooooooo nice!
Love it!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Hi Justin

Well seen - beautiful, great light and colours!

David

As usual, Justin, a beauty.

Reall nice, different image.

Even though I have previoulsy commented I keep coming back to this; it really is a stunning image possibly the best less is more image I have seen in years.

Extremely serene image Justin, and superbly seen and captured

Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alan

Many thanks for all the comments and a special thank you to Phil H and Tom for your particularly generous and very encouraging comments.Very much appreciated as always.

Justin, one of your best, which is saying something with your own high standards. Very peaceful image. As usual, it pays to be up early - something I have yet to master.

Hi Justin,

First of all I like your cropping. This more sqareish format is more relaxed on its own, and suits this tranquil, minimalist composition perfectly. Darkening is still noticeable, but IMO at least, doesn’t take anything away from this photo. Actually it makes circle within the frame that helps eye to concentrate on heron and stay in the frame of your photo.

Cheers,
Marko