Great blue Heron

[dispatchermike21]

Shot at a local lake it was very overcast had to use ISO 3200 to get the speed for this shot.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/dispatchermike21/IMG_2532Heronreflection1.jpg

[witchy]

nice shot

[CyberDyneSystems]

Love the reflection!

I think you could make this stronger..

Adjust the horizon first.. (rotate canvas 3.5* counterclockwise) then crop in .. a lot,... take more off of the right hand side so the bird has more room in front oif it..
You'll have to see whether to even keep the horizon line in there at all or not..
Likewise.. experiment with keeping some fo the lily pads in. (if possible after the rotation)
Make sure you DON'T cut off any of the reflection at the bottom.

They are such stunning flyers.

[dispatchermike21]

Love the reflection!

I think you could make this stronger..

Adjust the horizon first.. (rotate canvas 3.5* counterclockwise) then crop in .. a lot,... take more off of the right hand side so the bird has more room in front oif it..
You'll have to see whether to even keep the horizon line in there at all or not..
Likewise.. experiment with keeping some fo the lily pads in. (if possible after the rotation)
Make sure you DON'T cut off any of the reflection at the bottom.

They are such stunning flyers.

Thank you for the comments and suggestions I am new to PS so every little bit helps. I tried both thinks you mentioned let me know what you think.

#1

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/dispatchermike21/IMG_2532reflectionrotatedandcroped.jpg


#2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/dispatchermike21/IMG_2532reflectionrotatedandcroped2.jpg

Again thank you for the suggestions.

[DeltaWebb]

NUmber 2 of the second set is REAL nice! Huge improvment and a great capture.