Hi Barry,
Where was this taken? I like the composition and the bird is well lit. Good exposure in what seems like quite harsh lighting. Has this been cropped very much? There's something about the heron that doesn't seem quite sharp to my eyes - but there shouldn't be any camera movement issue at 1/2000. It would be worth cloning or cropping out the bit of wood at the bottom right and cloning out the funny brown thing at the bottom left.
I spend alternate four months in the USA and home in Eastbourne. I'm in Kansas at the moment I've been trying to locate the Green Heron for some time. With over 460 species its finding them and getting within range. The light is very harsh here most days. I had difficulty coping with light and dark areas with this one just kept at it and encountered a safe zone which the subject dictated. I'm still very much on a learning curve with the camera and pp cloning I have still to master. I have changed to Bibble Pro having encountered great difficulties with Lightroom and transferring to PS3.
Hi Barry, like this one a lot. The heron stands out despite being very dark against a dark BG and the nice chunky branch helps balance things and lead the eye. Agree about the minor cloning bits: its quite simple to figure out, just takes a bit of patience for cloning larger objects out against backgrounds that are different on either side of the thing you remove. I have found some of the video lessons on www.photoanswers.co.uk useful from my very amateur starting point.
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3 repliesCanon 1D3 sigma 50-500mm 500mm HH f/6.5 ISO200 1/2000
Critique and comments most welcome.
Thanks
Barry
Kansas / Eastbourne
Where was this taken? I like the composition and the bird is well lit. Good exposure in what seems like quite harsh lighting. Has this been cropped very much? There's something about the heron that doesn't seem quite sharp to my eyes - but there shouldn't be any camera movement issue at 1/2000. It would be worth cloning or cropping out the bit of wood at the bottom right and cloning out the funny brown thing at the bottom left.
I spend alternate four months in the USA and home in Eastbourne. I'm in Kansas at the moment I've been trying to locate the Green Heron for some time. With over 460 species its finding them and getting within range. The light is very harsh here most days. I had difficulty coping with light and dark areas with this one just kept at it and encountered a safe zone which the subject dictated. I'm still very much on a learning curve with the camera and pp cloning I have still to master. I have changed to Bibble Pro having encountered great difficulties with Lightroom and transferring to PS3.
Thanks for looking.
Barry