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Description
I visited the state park pond again this morning and found a cooperative green heron right away. The kingfishers were so busy chasing each other I didn’t get any shots of them trying to fish.
Specific Feedback
I did a good bit of stick removal in the first image. How does it look?
The sky in the last image seems really dark and blue but I didn’t do anything to specifically enhance it one way or the other.
Technical Details
Canon R7, 400mm f4 DO IS II, 1.4x extender III, monopod
First image is ISO 800, f6.3, 1/2500s
Second image is ISO 1600, f7.1, 1/3200s
Third image is ISO 800, f7.1, 1/4000s
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The pose in the first image is to die for, Allen. I like the reflections in both of the green Heron images. To my eye the plumages of the herons look a little dull and muddy compared with what I usually see. I’m not sure about the sky in the kingfisher image-it might just have resulted from exposing for hte whites which look like they might be able to come up just a tiny bit, but I think I’d just bring up the brightness of the sky a bit on general principles.
Definitely to die for!!! I have to wonder why he didn’t scoot down just a bit lower on the perch, but that certainly adds interest and a bit of humor to the image – which is dead-serious in terms of capture and processing.
The second is also gorgeous – you are on a roll. The third would be amenable to a slight lowering of saturation of blues in the raw file. That will lighten them a bit and give more leeway for bringing down exposure or whites. Beautiful flight capture!!
A fantastic collection of birds. Such a treat to have some habituated to humans at least somewhat. I can’t get near either species up here most of the time. That first downward stretch is so full of tension and purpose. I love it and am a lovely shade of emerald green at your opportunities and skill.
All three are great. The pose and the color of the water in the first is what draws my attention. I like the reflected background in the second and the way the light is on the perch and heron. You’ve certainly mastered kingfisher flight shots-a very nice look at one.
