[Leica] IMG: Great Blue Heron

[Mark Rabiner]

The great blue heron as made the official bird of Oregon or maybe Portland
by Mayer Bud Clark in the 90's or 80's.
I got an assignment to photograph one for a friend in the clothing biz he
was goin to put them on tee shirts.
Was quite comical getting anywhere near them it was 6AM I'd need a 600mm and
all I had was a 200. I did a lot of cropping. Fast Black and white film.
Not my greatest effort. I learned lessons. Like there are specialty
photographers and a bird man I'm not.


On 12/27/14 10:21 AM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Ted Grant wrote:
> 
>> Hi Doug,
>> Very nice fog mood type bird image.
>> 
>>>>> What say ye about the bright yellow to the left of the bird's tail?
>> Clone it out?  Leave it in?  Tone it down?
>> 
>> Yes without hesitation get rid of it! WHY? Quite simply because it's an
>> unnecessary visual distraction as small as it is!!
>> As soon as the scene opened on screen my instant re-action? A quick over all
>> look and comment to self out loud?
>> 
>> " Another fine............. OH crap why didn't he take that yellow leaf
>> out???????" " It's merely fine tuning the image and kind of "cleaning it up
>> to perfection!" You tidy it up and keep your mouth shut that you did it!
> 
> Thanks to the many comments on- and off-list.  I've taken the cattail reeds
> out and I toned down the bright spot in the water.  I tried a version where I
> took the bright spot out along with the cattails and the water looked like it
> had been sanitized, so I left a hint of the spot in.
> 
> The original:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ardea/gbhero05a.jpg
> 
> the final:
> 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/ardea/gbhero05c.jpg
> 
> All comments welcome.
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
> 
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