Henrietta Heron

[Lava Lamp]

This Great Blue Heron has been hanging around so much my children have named her Henrietta. What do you think of the photo? How would you improve it?

[Smitty001]

Wow! That's a cool pic...oh, wait, a CRITIQUE! Suppose I should be more specific than "Cool!", huh? ) I love the color -- it jumps right out at you. And I don't want to know how many frames it took before you actually got the bird's head composed like that in the frame. It would take me plenty of tries. )

[skyline315]

I like the picture quite a bit. my only problem is that without any of the body included i feel like his head and upper body are just kind of floating out in space. as if there's nothing anchoring it down.

just a personal taste thing, i think.

[Elysian]

Beautiful bird, but that doesn't of course automatcially mean that it's a beautiful shot.
I think the odd crop is an attempt to correct distracting elements (correct me if I'm wrong) and that bothers me. The result doesn't work for me though if I have to be honest.
The image is too blurry, I don't like that either. I also don't consider the composition very strong.
The colors are nice, I don't think the leafs are too distracting, not every shot has to be "hyper clean".

Thanks for sharing.

[Lava Lamp]

Thank you all for your comments. JoeD, I hope you'll post some of your own work -- I don't think I've seen any of your photos yet.