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Heron after Easy Breakfast

Postby Bob G on Sun May 04, 2008 11:09 am

Went down to Military Jetty to capture the sunrise.
This heron was hanging around a fisherman casting a bait net looking for a free handout without success.
So I put the long lens and converter on the camera and captured several good shots - here is a couple of them.

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Re: Heron after Easy Breakfast

Postby the foto fanatic on Sun May 04, 2008 11:42 am

Hi Bob

I like these pix for their sharpness and colour tonings.

However, the obvious timber and nuts'n'bolts background does detract from them IMO. In the second shot, the heron does look a little like he is about to pounce on a rather large metal object. :) I'm not wanting to be a spoiler, just give some feedback.

Nature shots for competitions and exhibitions should not include anything man-made. You may not be aware of that; or may not care about it. :)

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Re: Heron after Easy Breakfast

Postby wazonthehill2 on Sun May 04, 2008 1:18 pm

That second shot is a cracker, well done
whizzzz, there goes life again.....
But now captured on a Canon 40D with bits

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Re: Heron after Easy Breakfast

Postby sheepie on Sun May 04, 2008 1:35 pm

Absolutely love the first one :up:

Perfect DOF, the straight line of the OOF background is great with the straight legs, and the lighting is surpurb - well done!

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Re: Heron after Easy Breakfast

Postby Justin on Sun May 04, 2008 6:03 pm

Hi Bob, what all the others said these are super shots. Only one thing grabs me as out of place (cos I have been looking at it in my shots) is there is a lot of grain in the bokeh, which is a sign of over-sharpening. It may be just the web resize?
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Re: Heron after Easy Breakfast

Postby Bob G on Sun May 04, 2008 7:43 pm

Justin wrote:Hi Bob, what all the others said these are super shots. Only one thing grabs me as out of place (cos I have been looking at it in my shots) is there is a lot of grain in the bokeh, which is a sign of over-sharpening. It may be just the web resize?

Justin,

The grain you see is "just grain" - simple as that. Comes from having ISO set at 1,600 and has nothing, in this case, to do with sharpening. But thanks for taking an interest. :lol:
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Re: Heron after Easy Breakfast

Postby DebT on Mon May 05, 2008 8:14 am

Love the colours and you frame choice has really complimeted #1 for me - just prefer the composition
with #2 just cant stop looking at the bolt - especially when the leading line of the bill points to it
But keep up the jetty spot as your getting a variety of lovely shots
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Re: Heron after Easy Breakfast

Postby Pehpsi on Mon May 05, 2008 2:48 pm

Cracking shots indeed. Prefer the 2nd myself. Sharp, colourful and well presented..
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