Slowbutsteady
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The Landing, Great Blue Heron
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GregWCIL
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You make those composites look easy.
Len Cohen
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Everything is beautiful except the background which detracts from the composite. I have never done a composite in my life (dont know how) but I have seen many and all are more impactful with a plain background eg water or sky
Slowbutsteady
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The heron is actually landing on water covered by an invasive species called giant salvinia, a problem at Caddo Lake in east Texas for over 20 years. Thanks for your comment on preferring a plain background. Perhaps the composite could be a sort of environmental statement.
Bob k.
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You did a great job on the shot! Can you tell us a little about how you did it? Is the composite done in camera? I assume you have the camera locked down on a tripod.
Slowbutsteady
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Slowbutsteady
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Thanks for your interest. Photo was taken on slow moving pontoon boat on Caddo Lake. Hand held, CAF electronic shutter 10 frames per second. 5 point diamond focus grid. Four consecutive in focus frames made a good candidate for composite, done in post using Corel.
Nicely done. I, for one, like the background. It gives a sense of place.
bajadreamer
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You did a nice job of putting the shots together. I find the last two positions of the GBH less than satisfying because the bird buries its legs and even lower body into the grass/flowers. I would like it better if the entire bird was visible at the time of landing. Unfortunately the sun/shade aspect of the different positions create some distractions also.