Green Heron - first post

Welcome to NSN Richard and congratulations on the new lens. I would crop from the left to just in front of the leg and perhaps a bit from the bottom. Nice shot.

Jerry's crop suggestion is a good one, IMO. Good on you, you get AF with the 2x on the Mark II.

Nice light and capture. I wish for a bit more room in front.

Welcome to posting! The light and detail are beautiful here. I agree with the crop from the left to eliminate the partial leg which feels a little awkward. Hope you keep your resolution and keep posting!

Richard:

Welcome to NSN, I hope you do not mind me tweaking a little your picture, I saw a lot of potential here and just cloned the OOF branch, added a little canvas to the right and cropped. Please keep posting, here we all learn good stuff.

Welcome, Richard! I like Juan's suggestions above. Keep posting. . . You'll learn lots of stuff here!

Mike Cameron

A very good first post and welcome to NSN, Richard!
Juan's repost gives you an idea what to look for ... :roll:

Richard, that was a great New Year's resolution. Thanks for posting this fine headshot. I like what Juan did as the stump was not adding much. Look forward to seeing more.

Richard
It's a fine shot and Juan really did a nice job with the repost. You will be amazed at what you can do with that 500mmL. You're off to a good start!!

Thanks for all the feedback, and for the great repost, Juan. I agree with you all about cropping off the leg.

I'm in two minds about cloning out the branch. On the one hand the image is better with more space on the right and it's pretty hard to do that without cloning out the branch. But on the other hand, the branch ties it in to the other images in the sequence and into my memory of the scene - it's the branch that the heron was sitting on, fishing.

Perhaps it would have worked better if the branch had beeen in focus - one thing I noticed when looking at the shots I took on Saturday was that the shallower depth of focus on the new lens had caught me out a few times!

I suppose I could clone in an in-focus branch from another image, but cloning things in seems somehow different from cloning them out, and makes it more of a "photo-montage" than a photograph

Welcome Richard !!!!! Glad you decided to post and this one is Superb with a bit of Juan's magic !!!!

Great intensity captured and very well exposed !!!!!!!!

... btw Congrats on the new lens and hoping to see more !!!! Daniel told me about meeting you the other day !!!!

Cool shot with great detail. I can never get close to these guys. Great first post. Keep 'em coming!

Very nice and welcome.

Welcome Richard. Lots of good detail in this post, that 500 will be you new constant companion.

Welcome Richard... nice image and nice resolution for 2005

I love Juan's repost although I think I'd actually like it better with the branch still there. Great shot Richard and welcome!

welcome richard

i don't know how i managed to miss this post - the past few days have been hectic i guess !

it was nice meeting you in the glades ! i hope you have having tons of fun with the new lens

nits have been mentioned, but i think with the new lens it's easy to get carried away... the same guidelines apply even if the new magnification can impress one out of them you shouldn't have a problem adjusting pretty fast !

i bet the green heron's level of details is amazing ! keep shooting and posting ! and great new year resolutions!

hope to catch you later