Great blue herons are always exciting to find. They are so skittish, and it's difficult to get close to them. You captured this one perfectly with nice diffused lighting. Well, maybe her/his head could have been turned a little more towards the camera. I might suggest cropping the image to a square format and eliminate the empty space behind the bird. I don't have a strong preference whether the bird is facing left or right, but according to some, most Westerners prefer the bird looking from left to right.   Posted: 05/09/2023 17:27:55

What a great capture! The birds shows up beautifully in contrast to the ark background. The only suggestion I have is to crop differently. Cropping in from the right, moves the bird off-center and on a crash point. I also added a vignette.I like the heron looking into the frame like this rather than out.   Posted: 05/11/2023 20:48:16

I agree with Cindy and also like her version but for me the dark background doesn't really need a vignette. In both images I think I would tone down slightly the brown object in the background just to concentrate more on the heron which is very sharp.   Posted: 05/15/2023 16:48:56

Crop on the right to get bird out of the center, as Cindy has suggested.   Posted: 05/16/2023 15:47:24

Excellent image of the Heron. I agree with cropping out the right side. But I don't think it needs a vignette. I like the log that the bird is standing on to be as it is in the original. And I liked how you flipped the image to the left!   Posted: 05/29/2023 10:25:23

It is a great capture of the moment when the heron is attentively look at somewhere. I also fell that the Cindy's version is more appealing to me.   Posted: 05/30/2023 06:19:15