White faced herron

[Phoenix]

white faced heron by Joanne, on Flickr

heron by Joanne, on Flickr

Bad hair day. by Joanne, on Flickr I rarely see these relaxed enough to fluff up like this.

[seaslug]

Love that ruffled look!

[sejac]

Beautiful series Jo. What more can I say?

Just one thing. The brown line at the top of #1 might look better if it was blue. Clone tool?

[Phoenix]

Appreciate your feedback Charles.

I did give the brown line some consideration. Cropped down it was a little too low, although I do think it would neaten the image. I never thought of making it blue. Good idea.
Then I thought it might act like a natural frame and it hints at what the reflection in the water might be from.

[Alan]

Beautiful series Jo,

I tend to agree with Charles about the brown line.

I don't think cropping it out upsets the balance/composition very much, but if you only cropped half of it out and then cloned some blue over the remaining brown - possibly at a reduced %? to achieve the same degree of 'brownness' as in the reflection might be a nice compromise

I know some people who think that the entire reflection should be shown - just wondering if you had a shot that included all of it?

The 'bad hair day' one is fantastic

Cheers

[Phoenix]

Thanks for that Alan. There was a lot of weedy water and wind, so the reflection was pretty mucky.

[Phoenix]

peppermint beach deadwater (69 of 115) by Joanne, on Flickr

[Alan]

Very nice - I reckon you could also crop out a tad more of the mud on the bottom, (and/or add a bit more blue on the top) - but that's a very minor nit and personal taste

[Phoenix]

Thought I would show you the foreground. :-) It's always a struggle to decide what should go, what should be left to be seen, warts and all.

[Isac]

I like them all phoenix. Good natural shots of mother nature in you lovely neck of the woods.

[Phoenix]

Thank you for taking the time to look and comment. This was about 2 and a half hours away from home. Yep.. drove to another swamp. I have issues.

[Isac]

I knew I'd heard of you before!! "Swamp Woman", a fine film series of yesteryear.

[avkomp]

another nice series. like the fluffed up one the best. well done

[Phoenix]

Thank you for the feedback, It is nice to see a heron relaxed enough to do that.

[Phoenix]

Wish I could fix that annoying extra r in the title.

[wigz]

Excellent series

[Phoenix]

Thank you Wigz