Christian wrote: > Jay Taylor wrote: >> I have not been able to get out and do much shooting as of late since >> I'm busy trying to move into a new home my wife and I are purchasing. >> That coupled with the start of Salmon fishing season has kept me away >> from my camera. This is another of my Great Blue Heron images >> captured with the *istDL and the FA*300 f4.5 + F1.7X adapter. The >> full res image looked pretty awesome on this shot. For this web >> resized version I experimented with blurring the background more at >> an attempt to create a more pleasing bokeh. As always comments and >> suggestions are helpful. >> >> Thanks, >> JayT >> http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/63808751.VbQd49L0.GBHPortrait3.jpg >> > It's a really sharp image, but like the other shot a while back (not > sure from whom), I dislike disembodied head shots of herons, egrets and > cranes. They just look all wrong. :-)
Nicely taken; texture on feathers is great. I think the crop is too close; the heron looks squeezed in the frame. Also I think you may have overdone the blur and that makes it look a bit strange. Just IMO. Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net