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Grey Heron

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Posted by Paul Rosser on November 30, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Grey Heron
Evening everyone, this image of a Grey Heron was taken during my recent visit to the Isle Of Skye. It's actually standing in a small steam, you can just see it to the bottom left of the image. Not sure about the comp on this one. I thought there was too much dead space(reeds) at the top, so I've cropped it. It does look unusual habitat for a Heron, but it was in water honest :biggrin: . All C&C's most welcome please. Thanks for looking.
Regards,
Paul :wavey:

Canon EOS 7D
Canon Ef 400mm 'L'
Handheld
f5.6
1/400sec
ISO 400
400mm
Processed in CS5
Posted by Shaun Simpson on November 30, 2010 at 3:29 PM
Fantastc eye contact and super sharp. :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on November 30, 2010 at 3:32 PM
Well it certainly seems a bit different Paul. Personally I think you could have shot this as a landscape to give the bird a bit more room to look into. Herons can be real awkward sods to compose and, as presented here, this one doesn't quite work for me.
Posted by Andrew Mason on November 30, 2010 at 4:04 PM
Paul, I think the crop works. The light is good, background orks well and the image is tack sharp. Andrew
Posted by Mark Davies on November 30, 2010 at 5:07 PM
technically ok , but I agree with Robert its not composed as strongly as it could have been
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on November 30, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Some lovely detail around the Eye Paul.
You must have been quite close to get this.
Well done.

Geoff.
Posted by Karen Summers on November 30, 2010 at 5:56 PM
Some good detail I think maybe landscape might have been better, but I still like it