Juvenile Black Crowned Night Herons

MarkjayMarkjay Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
edited March 30, 2008 in Wildlife
Today was just one of those days where everything 'clicked' (pun intended :-)

two shots of a juvnile black crowned night heron perched in a tree here in Florida. I have many more shots of this and an adult from today but, just wanted to share a couple from my work today. Hope you enjoy them?
Feel free to view other images on my website and critique / comment
on other images as well.

Looks like this one's been framed :wink

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The eyes on these birds are just gorgeous!
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Markjay
Canon AE1 - it was my first "real camera"
Canon 20D - no more film!

Comments

  • MarkjayMarkjay Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2008
    I'm not great but, getting better
    Hey, I'm not as good a nature photographer as many of you here in this forum... I'm still learning and, hoping that experience helps me to improve.
    If there's anything you can think of that would help me improve on what I'm doing, please do not be shy, I'm never too old to learn. Just too old :D
    Markjay
    Canon AE1 - it was my first "real camera"
    Canon 20D - no more film!
  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2008
    looks good to meclap.gif
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2008
    Hey Mark,

    Sorry I missed this earlier. Both shots look good for exposure and sharpness. The second shot is much stronger because you can really see the eye.

    The comp on the first shot could be better. You have the heron if the right of the frame looking to the right.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • JohnDCJohnDC Registered Users Posts: 379 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2008
    Looks like your link has broken--can't see the photos.
  • MarkjayMarkjay Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2008
    Fixed link
    Sorry, I had uploaded cleaner versions of the images, which changed their id tag, sorry... fixed now.

    Enjoy.
    JohnDC wrote:
    Looks like your link has broken--can't see the photos.
    Markjay
    Canon AE1 - it was my first "real camera"
    Canon 20D - no more film!
  • MarkjayMarkjay Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
    edited March 28, 2008
    Right
    You are right on the 2nd image being better comp. I think you'll find my other photo of this guy a MUCH better composition... I'll post link to it tomorrow when I finish processing the nearly 200 shots I took that day :-)

    Night. Nice hearing from you, Harry. I've been following your posts and your photos keep getting better and better!
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Mark,

    Sorry I missed this earlier. Both shots look good for exposure and sharpness. The second shot is much stronger because you can really see the eye.

    The comp on the first shot could be better. You have the heron if the right of the frame looking to the right.
    Markjay
    Canon AE1 - it was my first "real camera"
    Canon 20D - no more film!
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2008
    Like the first shot! thumb.gif
    Glenn

    My website | NANPA Member
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2008
    Well done. BCNHs always have such stunning eyes even as juveniles.
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

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