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Great Blue Heron - always Elegant and Serious bird
Posted by MARIANA (Waterloo, Canada) on 27 June 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Scott Schilling from San Martin, United States
Wonderful image and great processing on this!
27 Jun 2009 5:32am
k@ from Paris, France
Audubon painted big birds, he would have loved your painting with this unexpected gorgeous foreground ! Bravo*
27 Jun 2009 7:24am
Nina from Haute Loire, France
Beautiful specimen taken with great art! The reflection is very nice!
27 Jun 2009 7:46am
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
superb bird and excellent composition with reflection and flowers !
27 Jun 2009 8:30am
Hiro from Kyoto, Japan
Reflected Heron, his waved neck is interesting. Nice composition.
27 Jun 2009 8:51am
Lylou & Roland from BESANCON, France
Very nice composition with the front flowers !
27 Jun 2009 8:56am
Standley from Carquefou, France
What a wonderful composition with these flowers! The light is superb.
27 Jun 2009 9:04am
Craig@Random Ramblings from Herts, United Kingdom
Great reflections and superb pp work, almost like a paintingt, I love it :)
27 Jun 2009 9:20am
Stef67 from in my head, France
grâce du model, fière d être shooter, tableaux de composition, joli^^
27 Jun 2009 10:10am
grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom
Lovely stuff. beautiful rippling reflection. Liked yesterdays delicate lacework too and the smiling portrait of the day before
27 Jun 2009 10:24am
Craig from Vacaville, California, United States
I do love these birds! Wonderful shot!
27 Jun 2009 11:57am
Lynn from United States
Absolutely beautiful!!! I agree, this one would make a lovely painting. Great editing and wonderful reflection...added bonus is the daisies in the foreground :))
27 Jun 2009 12:35pm
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
Great processing. These are some great birds.
27 Jun 2009 12:47pm
Don from spokane, United States
A fine image of this remarkable bird. I especially like the squiggles in the reflection. The flowers make an interesting foreground element. Very nice shot.
27 Jun 2009 1:29pm
Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada
Beautifully done Mariana! Was this a wild capture! ;-)
27 Jun 2009 2:42pm
@Eric Cousineau: Thanks Eric. No, heron was very calm, walking for the long time among ducks. It was not problem to take many shots :))
Ken from United States
Mariana! Is this a composite of two photos? Either way, remarkable and stunning!
27 Jun 2009 3:14pm
@Ken: Yes, two pictures are here. I was waiting for long to get my heron behind these daises, but he did not read my mind. well, what else to do but to create what I was having on my mind :)) Thanks Ken !
zOOm from Paris, France
Yeah, they seem always highly concentrated, proud and so smart !
27 Jun 2009 3:24pm
Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada
A marvelous piece of work. A lot of time went into this one. Your composition is great. Well done.
27 Jun 2009 4:34pm
ZoomLNZ from Los Angeles Area, United States
I really like the elements of this image. Strikingly natural.
27 Jun 2009 4:41pm
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Une curieuse composition très imaginative, j'aime cette espèce.
27 Jun 2009 4:59pm
motie from France
THE HERON IS FANTASTIC! the flowers look unreal! have painted yourself?
great picture and great editing!
27 Jun 2009 6:28pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
This is a fabulous image! Very creative work. Bravo!
27 Jun 2009 6:44pm
Mike from United States
Though we've talked about this, I'll say it again... I love this image! The detail of the birds colors and feathers is great and it carries right down into the reflection. Choosing to composite the flowers was a nice artistic stroke and adds feeling to the photo. Very nice job!!
27 Jun 2009 6:55pm
@Mike: Thanks Mike . You know me - too much free time and too much silly ideas I have . That one is a result of it :))
Benkirane from Morocco
Super jeu entre le sujet et le fond aquatique mouvant et réfléchissant la lumière!
Bonne fin de semaine lumineuse!
27 Jun 2009 7:20pm
Steven from Chicagoland, United States
Ken's question and your answer answers a lot of what I thought I was seeing. I saw the mallard duck and it looked like he must have been underwater. :-) Great processing and composition!
27 Jun 2009 7:55pm
@Steven: Thanks Steven. Yes, I was thinking what to do with a duck, and I left it there , like being underwater :))
flyingwind风飞扬 from Bridgetown, Barbados
Such a large-sized one! The color is so different!
27 Jun 2009 11:08pm
@Imaginerf: hmmm...masterpiece ???? Sounds cool , but it is far from being that .. Many thanks for all comments :)) Cheers !
