Hey look guys, I'm a tree!

I was inspired by Joe's recent insightful thread on becoming too entrenched in the way that we process images. I had an image that needed some help and remembered that Joe did used a trick that might help in this case. The trick was to move part of an image to improve compositional balance. I hated to crop out a nearby tree especially since I thought that it added some semblance of balance, but it really was not quite close enough to the egret. My solution: replant it closer to the egret. I am too biased to make a fair assessment so I would welcome any suggestions. I have a thick hide so do not worry that I will have my feelings hurt.

I am not quite sure what the great egret was doing, but since it was raining maybe he was looking up to see where the water was coming from.

Makes a nice shot

Thanks, Ken.

I never would have know you cropped it. Nice shot. Can't wait till they come back up here. That will mean it's warm out.

Thanks, Mitch. It was mostly cropped on the right side. Also, thanks, for the snow that you sent. It arrived here this morning in good condition. How much did you send anyway? I just wanted a little sample.

Good caption for that shot, lol. Good cropping job too.
Karen

We have more when that melts.

Good one, Bill.

You can stop sending anytime that you want, Mitch. It has been snowing all day -- wet snow that is building up on the trees, and I could not get out of the driveway this morning because of tree branches that had drooped down from the snow loaded on them. We are probably up to 5 or 6 inches so far. The only good thing that I can say is that everything looks really pretty and the ducks on the lake seem to not mind the snow. I guess that I need to get out with the camera.

pttenn wrote in post #9588326
Good caption for that shot, lol. Good cropping job too.
Karen

Harvey_G wrote in post #9589663
Good one, Bill.

Thanks, Karen and Harvey.