Black-Crowned Night Herons

[Jim_T]

I don't normally see these birds on fenceposts, but I managed to get one perched and another just taking off..

[rollinglife]

I really like the second shot, the timing is perfect!

[Alan B]

Fantastic shots.Love no2 :cool:

[guitarman3]

Very nice, Jim! I like the idea in #2 of keeping the fence post where he took off from in the picture. The way his wings are curled under is awesome.

[five-o]

Cool shot. I filtered the noise out. What do you think?

[CyberDyneSystems]

Jim those are Awesome!
I love the flight shot!

[Scottes]

Nice shots Jim. I'd love to get some more of these guys - I spent 20 minutes with one, and I've never seen one since then... :-(

[ngannet]

Very good shots. The flight one is really great, perfect!

[Jim_T]

Thanks all for the compliments.

And thanks five-o for doing the noise filter.. I should be doing this.. I've been shooting at ISO 400 and 800 for so long, that I don't see the noise because I'm used to it :)

[luisv]

Great pictures Jim_T... very nice indeed!

Hey five-o, what method or tool did you use to take out the noise? Looks great ! !

[five-o]

you're welcome. once again, very nice shots.

[JakeC]

Cool shot. I filtered the noise out. What do you think?

I think the bokeh looks good but the poor little bird looks a little plastic now :p Maybe selectively filter the image with something like the noise brush in Noise Ninja or use a non filtered frame as a layer mask in PS where you can paint a little detail back in.

They're both great shots though with or without a little grain:cool:

[five-o]

Well, I'm not going to do all that to someone elses picture that I copied from this forum. Seems a little much don't ya think. I was just playing around with it for a minute. :confused:

[cfcRebel]

Awesome captures Jim! #2 is my favorite as well.