I took this later in the day than my first bridscape posted. The rain had stopped and all was brighter. The bird had returned to the same spot and caught a fish. The mood isn’t as dark in this image and the colors show up more with less noise. I took out some glare in the water in front of the bird.
Canon 90D, Sigma 150-600mm C @ 600, monopod
ISO 800, f6.3, 1/320s,
For me, this image seems to place more emphasis on the egret, which works well with the fish in the mouth and the nice perch.
This works quite well for me. I think it warrants some clockwise rotation and I am tempted to blur even more the leaves on the right edge of the frame. I think it will enhance the depth of the image but that is not always the easiest thing to do neatly.
This does create a whole different mood, Allen. To tell the truth, I prefer the earlier version. For some reason, the light fog in this one looks out of place to my eye-almost like old fashioned fogging of a negative, though I know that’s not the case.
I like this “birdscape”, Allen! Showing the environment that this bird lives in makes it extra special. Good composition also. The large version could maybe use a little extra sharpening. It seems just a bit soft. This site seems to automatically sharpen the small version of the images so that looks fine.
Those trees make a nice picture full stop. Add an egret and it’s even more special. I do agree that the large version looks quite soft though. It could look like that if you’ve uploaded a very large version.
Grtz, Ingrid.
