Little Blue Heron

[Alan_H]

Little Blue Heron from Circle B

5dmk3 100-400 @260 ISO400 f8 1/500
Little Blue Heron.jpg by LISUSM, on Flickr

[paulr5604]

Re: Little Blue Heron

That is a nice shot with a nice reflection. I think I would be tempted to remove some of the plants that are coming out of the water to just tidy it up a bit, but that is just my opinion

[tesarver]

Re: Little Blue Heron

That is a nice shot with a nice reflection. I think I would be tempted to remove some of the plants that are coming out of the water to just tidy it up a bit, but that is just my opinion

Along with Paul, I might also be tempted to brighten it up a bit.

Tom

[Stan]

Re: Little Blue Heron

Like it

The exposure of the bird looks fine although the shadow is a bit dark - might be able to lift that a bit with shadow/highlight tool

stan

[Alan_H]

Re: Little Blue Heron

Thanks Paul Tom and Stan, I am going to put this image and others into the Midphot 2014 competition and as I understand it there should only be limited adjustments to images

Alan

[Stan]

Re: Little Blue Heron

I am going to put this image and others into the Midphot 2014 competition and as I understand it there should only be limited adjustments to images

We enter a lot of competitions and exhibitions and i think most use the same rules and definitions of what you can or cant do with nature photos which are mainly designed to stop you from altering the scene by adding or removing items, so brightening a shadow I dont think would be a problem

Stan

[Alan_H]

Re: Little Blue Heron

Just had a look at the rules
Any manipulation or modification is limited to minor retouching and must not alter the truth of the original image
So brightening the shadow would be ok but not removing the plants
Thanks for your input

Alan

[wayne2418]

Re: Little Blue Heron

[AndyA]

Re: Little Blue Heron

A nice shot, Alan.

[mistral105]

Re: Little Blue Heron

Hi Alan - very good image - is the image taken in Florida? Regards John

[Alan_H]

Re: Little Blue Heron

Thanks John, Circle Bar B reserve Florida still have a few more to share

Alan

[Chris_R]

Re: Little Blue Heron

Very nice Alan

Chris