# Black Crowned Night Heron **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** birds\ **Created:** [January 27, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-crowned-night-heron/33173 "2023-01-27T22:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chris\_Calohan](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/chris_calohan/32/37448_2.png) [@Chris\_Calohan](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Chris_Calohan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-crowned-night-heron/33173/1 "2023-01-27T22:32:14Z")
![Black Crowned Night Heron](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/b/cbdb3f4d18a0f17226de3a64665bf0217668931c.jpeg) Loved those red eyes! ### Type of Critique Requested - Aesthetic: Feedback on the overall visual appeal of the image, including its color, lighting, cropping, and composition. ### Specific Feedback and Self-Critique I pretty much like everything about the shot except that it was a major crop on a fully extended 500mm equiv @ 750 and unfortunately, it came with a higher ISO than I would have liked. I did my best with noise control using NIK’s noise reduction in combination with Kuyper’s Lum controls. ### Technical Details D500, 200-500 @500, f/5.6, 1,250, ISO 640 Mostly ACR with a little color control in Kuyper’s and some contrast in PS Apologies that it is not a larger image. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Bostock](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_bostock/32/34921_2.png) [@David\_Bostock](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Bostock)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-crowned-night-heron/33173/2 "2023-01-27T22:40:25Z")
Great shot of a beautiful bird. I haven’t seen one of these. I like the crop although it might use a bit more room on the right. Not a big deal though. The portrait is wonderful. Nice work handling the noise too. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-crowned-night-heron/33173/3 "2023-01-28T15:13:25Z")
A very nice portrait of this bird, Chris. To me it feels like it could stand a bit more room top and right even for a portrait. I love the eye and the background. ---
**Author:** ![Dean\_Salman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dean_salman/32/13291_2.png) [@Dean\_Salman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dean_Salman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-crowned-night-heron/33173/4 "2023-01-28T15:26:44Z")
Just beautiful, Chris. I love the portrait view of this bird and the light was well done ---
**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/black-crowned-night-heron/33173/5 "2023-01-29T18:05:58Z")
Great detailed look at the heron and that red eye sure pops. I would agree with the comments that there could be more room on the top and right. To my eye the luminosity of the background competes with the heron and I could see a somewhat darker background. I could see removing the stem in the LUC, but then I do like to prune.