Editing: square crop, levels, resize, sharpen, cloning out two flies :)
This grey heron is usually found around the pond up arthur's seat after dawn, he's quite used to all the joggers so lets you get fairly near. Today he was hiding in some tall grass, so a nice green shot presented itself. The background is actually water reflecting the grassy bank above.
Wonder how many comments i'll get insisting that it has no leading lines just because it's not another repetitive architecture shot or landscape with tree...
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I just love this bird. Luckily I read up on this challenge because without the knowledge I might have failed to see the line. Wonder if you are being marked down?
I just love great pictures of birds, and this one really is -- the way you can se each feather, even in his beak where he had been primping. The blurred background enhances it so much too. One of my favorites.
I tried following the feathers but they led me nowhere. I think it would have been a much stronger entry if the subject was the only element in the shot.
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