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I was stalking this blue when a fisherman walked up and spooked him. I tried to react quickly, but the pic is a little soft on the bird’s head. I loved how the wingtips are just touching the water with the morning sun coming up.

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Sony A7RV
230mm
1/2000
f11
ISO 1600

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Very cool water, Gary. I’m trying to figure out why the heron is so brilliant a blue-was it somehow in shadow? Great title for this image.

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Thanks Dennis. I struggled with the color of the bird as well. At least until I isolated it in Photoshop and put it against a white background where it was more grey. I think it has to be a trick of the mind because the gold is so present in the photo. If I try to remove some of the blue, it turned white instead of grey.

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Hi Gary, love the color of the water and the heron’s pose with the wingtips touching the water. I took the image into PS and using an HSL adjustment layer was able to desaturate the cyan and the wings turned gray.

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Thanks @Allen_Brooks . I am in NO way competent in PS. I didn’t think of the HSL adjustment layer, but it seemed to work well. Thanks again!

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Hi Gary, nice catch of the heron flying away - the wing tip in water adds a nice touch. Love the faint shadow of the bird in the water. The colors are so dramatic I’d say this is more of a purely artistic representation which is fine.

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