DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
The Fisher and The Fished
The Fisher and The Fished
MaryO


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Life & Death (Basic Editing)
Collection: Herons and Other Water Birds
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Alexandria, VA
Date: Jul 24, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2009

 Lame title but I can't think of a better one at the moment.

This is pretty much what I went out to find, and this juvenile Green Heron was nice enough to do his fishing where I could get a shot of the moment I was waiting for. Not such a great thing for the fish, but ... well, this is life.

Cropped tight on top because I had no more crop room on the left and wanted to sort of balance the crop somehow. And I hate the muddy color in the water, and wish I could see a better catchlight in the bird's eye, but I'm stuck with them in Basic. Other than that the shot is OK ;-)

PP - converted from RAW, slight rotation, cropped, white balance, increased contrast, reduced noise, shifted greens greener and then desaturated on cyan, resized, sharpened, added border.

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 75
Avg (all users): 5.6215
Avg (commenters): 6.4286
Avg (participants): 5.6087
Avg (non-participants): 5.6234
Views since voting: 1081
Views during voting: 317
Votes: 177
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D70s
 08/03/2009 07:31:44 PM
perhaps just a little more colour would have been great ,other than that a great picture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D90
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
 07/31/2009 09:39:10 AM
nice interpretation, as one's death is the others survival. death of one animal is food for the other. good work...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/30/2009 08:11:45 AM
My first thought is that I see the hunter and the hunted in this,not the illustration of life and death in a single image. Beautiful colors though on the bird.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7R III
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 07/30/2009 07:47:29 AM
Very pleasingly composed natural history photo that meets the challenge spot on.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 07/29/2009 10:17:33 PM
I like the composition of this shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 07/29/2009 09:26:04 PM
beautiful..magazine worthy..love the water and the heron's facial expression
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 07/29/2009 07:11:12 AM
nice green heron
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Theme: Classic / Light / Dark
Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2026 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 10/11/2026 02:56:02 AM EDT.