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Juvenile Great Blue Heron
Juvenile Great Blue Heron
MaryO


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rule of Thirds VII (Standard Editing)
Collection: Herons and Other Water Birds
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Date: Nov 2, 2017
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/800
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2017

 PP - converted from RAW, straightened, cropped, clonsed out a bit of branch, increased saturation, shifted cyans bluer and desaturated bill, peachy overlay, resized, Topaz Detail, blurred background more.

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Place: 11 out of 55
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Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 11/09/2017 06:57:48 PM
statuesque
am not very fond of the pp but like the texture of the heron
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Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/09/2017 05:04:32 PM
helluva nature shot, great light
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 11/09/2017 04:38:28 PM
The heron is perfectly placed, detailed and intense. The background is nicely blurred. Straightforward and compelling.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R LM WR
 11/09/2017 04:03:12 PM
I like the way the subject placement leaves lots of room on the right and adds to the mystery of what's got the bird's rapt attention.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 11/09/2017 03:46:36 PM
You can't go wrong with a heron! :)

Something looks a little odd in his coloring. Did you lighten the eye? It seems to really glow where as that side of the face is really quite in shadow. I wonder if lightening and warming the head just a tad would yield a more pleasing result?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 11/04/2017 12:13:16 AM
Amazing where DPCers draw there imagesfrom and the time and care needed to produce an image such as this well done that man !!! 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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