Catch of the Day...

Looking for critiques...

 

Nikon D80

Manual

ISO 400

f/ 7.1

Exposure 1/200

 

Thank you, Jen

Must be thrill to witness something like this, very cool moment. IMO the image is underexposed, and a few minutes in Photoshop to clone out the leaves/branches in the water would help. Hope it turn out better next time.

I appreciate your critique and see what you mean. It was shot in bright sunlight and I still am working on shooting in bright conditions. I have a lot to learn. I wasn't sure about cloning out the flecks in the water...I tossed cloning them out around because I wanted to keep the photo as nautral as possible. Again, thank you.

Hi Jennifer - awesome capture! Agreed the image needs some Photo Shop work. Do you work with Camera Raw at all? Perhaps you can bring back some of the detail using Camera Raw and then Photoshop to clean up the background. If you're stuck pse e-mail me a slightly higher rez image - I'll work on it and e-mail it back to you. Rgds Carole (caz@iafrica.com) PS a little fill flash would have done the trick, but don't worry I've been in similar situations, minus my flash when I really needed it!

A very good capture for both, ciao Giangiorgio

Nice catch for both of you. It must have been fun watching the swallowing of this meal. I would only echo the suggestions about photoshoping it.

I agree, I am going to rework this. Thank you all. And it was quite the visual watching him swallow this.

I say, leave the floating debris. I disagree with the previous comments about cloning out stuff. Why make the scene something it was not? The photo is a great shot of nature. Nice catch by you and the heron!

Wonderful capture. Great lighting and beautiful colours. Congrats.

This is a magnificent Nature capture.

 

I don't agree at all with Mr. N. S. Nguyen. This super Nature capture of the heron is one of the best I ever show. And I show millions of them.

 

Jennifer is so modest when she says that has a lot to learn. With her also modest 70-210 (I show the EXIF) se got a crispy picture. By the contrary, I can not say the same from Mr. S. N. N. ' birds pictures. Maybe he forgot to use a steady tripod with those impresive 400-500 lenses that he has.

 

Mrs. Hibbert suggests using fill in flash. I suggest NEVER use flash with animals. It is terrible for their sight. Some, so called, nature photographers, would take lessons from real naturalists before let the city back.

 

I quite agree with Mr. J. Harrington. He got the idea.

 

Cheer up, Jenny! you are the best one.

 

 

Great capture! And I know how much time and patience this sort of thing takes. (I like the leaves and such in the background, by the way. It looks more natural)