The canopy king

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• cafecrem (9248)
• [2005-01-26 4:28]

I love the shadows on this picture... they make waves this heron has so many colours...
Great shot!

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• red45 (30243)
• [2005-01-26 4:34]

Heron-time! Great pose and colours of this one, especially orange feet :-) Superb composition and BG.

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• coasties (27718)
• [2005-01-26 4:43]

Good clear shot Gerhard. Love the yellow 'socks'. Great job. TFS

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• ellis49 (30807)
• [2005-01-26 5:10]

Great shot Gerhard.
Beautiful bird, well seen against the OOF BG, very nice.
Great pose, composition, sharpness and colours.
Excellent work.

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• netfalls (0)
• [2005-01-26 7:39]
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Great shot, good sharpness and background.
The bird is just a bit too dark.
Well done.
TFS.

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• desmo (4)
• [2005-01-26 8:32]

Simply a beautiful shot Gerhard.
TFS.

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• marhowie (302)
• [2005-01-26 9:05]

This is great Gerhard! Great compostion & this OOF long green-grass BG lends a dramatic effect IMO. Excellent details seen in this black plumage, not easy to do. Great notes..Very well done!!!

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• willie (2083)
• [2005-01-26 12:30]

Stunning Gerhard. Brilliant work as usual.
Very good detail considering the POV. Well done

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• Fisher (8915)
• [2005-01-26 13:26]

You did well capturing this dark heron. Excelent lighting and details. Well done on this composition.

Mike

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• pompey (2768)
• [2005-01-26 14:23]

Great shot Gerhard, nice crisp image, great background, fantastic note.
Well caught!

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• Callie (7531)
• [2005-01-26 15:54]

The man with the yellow feet - good to see they are back, and congrats on getting him. I love these guys and their "canopy" pose is still on my wishlist.
I think you can salvage some more colour out of him using s/h and selective colour. I would love to try a WS, but it is bedtime pastr and I.m struggling to play catch-up.

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• japie (5187)
• [2005-01-26 16:45]
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Yours came out much better than mine. The sun was really difficult here, but you did an excellent job here. Exposing this dark guy against the sun, and getting the detail that you did is amazing.

I did try a workshop doing the following.

1. Using the burn tool, I made the reeds and the trunk a bit darker to lower the contrast with the heron

2. I adjusted the levels a little brighter after completing step 1

Hope you like it

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• extramundi (12818)
• [2005-01-26 17:35]

They where holding this one from the feet when they painted it black :DDD
Incredible how you managed the tricky light this time with the black colours. Nice composition. Good work.

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• livios (16906)
• [2005-01-26 20:17]

Gerhard, another breathtaking shot of yours. Sharpness is just amazing. Congratulations.

Very beautiful composition, nice BG and DOF to show us this very beautiful bird.

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• rlortie (2058)
• [2005-01-26 20:43]

Superb picture Gerhard. Great BG and POV. Very nice composition. The log he's standing on makes a perfect perch for this shot.

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• scottevers7 (12267)
• [2005-01-26 22:17]

A great capture of this Heron. Beautifully composed and framed. The colors and detail are superb. Great Photo!

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• deud (2372)
• [2005-01-27 7:16]

excellent this one. clear and sharp and colorfull!

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• PDP (11769)
• [2005-01-27 15:04]

Hi Gerhard, this is great. I don't believe that I have seen this bird before. I think the bird is a little dark but I like the glint in his eye. The notes are very imformative as ever.

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• miqra (151)
• [2005-01-28 9:41]

Gerhard, Gerhard, Gerhard....the other poor people having to stand in your shadow here on TN (grin) This is an awesome shot of an equally awesome bird, well done!