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Green Heron
Green Heron
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Date: Apr 29, 2007
Aperture: f 6.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Apr 28, 2007

I know this is an expert editing contest, but this is a single shot and I only used advanced editing steps. I'm sure it won't ribbon but I really liked it, hope a few other at least do also. It was taken in Cuyahoga Valley National Park in the morning.

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Place: 329 out of 573
Avg (all users): 5.5665
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 5.5122
Avg (non-participants): 5.7000
Views since voting: 785
Views during voting: 227
Votes: 173
Comments: 8
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05/12/2007 03:53:13 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Ah! A heron! What magnificent colors! How fine the detail in its feathers! I love looking at birds and stalking them with my camera. They are often difficult subjects...even herons who seem to pose... The watery environment they inhabit poses obstacles for the photographer attempting the best composition. Their intentness on fishing suddenly moves them to action and the moment is gone before the focus is fixed.

I like this image. I like the character of the bird...it's frozen stance and gaze. To isolate the subject better a more limited depth of field would help. But even with that you're fighting the darkness of the log behind the subject and the merger of the beak with the line of that log would still exist. I think that the left hand portion of the image has little to offer...perhaps cropping it out and creating a square format would bring the viewer's attention back where the interest of the image lies? Even within the advanced (not expert) editing rules the background could be slightly desaturated, again with the intent of placing emphasis on the heron.

Overall, a well done image at a beautiful time of day!
Keep stalking!
--Kadi
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/07/2007 11:49:58 PM
Gorgeous bird - with this rules set you could have done a bit to concentrate the viewers focus more.
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05/04/2007 09:48:55 PM
Nice colors on the bird, but he's getting a bit lost against the dark tree/busy landscape.
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05/02/2007 11:22:01 PM
Very nice picture of the bird, but the busy foreground of the image is very distracting, unfortunately.
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05/02/2007 05:19:14 PM
What a lovely find!
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05/01/2007 11:07:39 PM
Beautiful colors in the bird. Great composition. Nice shot.
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05/01/2007 03:43:30 PM
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05/01/2007 12:35:45 AM
Nice bird - I love green herons.

I do find the blur added in post distracting; it doesn't look like in-camera, so I'm drawn away from your subject.
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