Whistling heron - Syrigma sibilatrix

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Originally Posted by BCrose

Beautiful bird, well captured.

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Hi, Monte. Thanks for passing by.

PS.: I like your bird shots a lot.

Cheers,

Very nice shots. We do not have these Herons in Aus. I love the colours and your captures are great. It always a pleasure to see something new. Thanks for sharing these. :)

They are really nice Otávio. You might like to try a tighter crop on no.2 if it will take a little extra sharpening. I really like no.5 and would certainly try a tighter crop on it.

The difference between this bird and the blue heron, quite common in Ireland, is interesting with that very attractive beak.

I guess you used your 70-300 for these. A great and often underrated lens. Did you also use your 2X converter.

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Originally Posted by Dave Humphries

Hi Otávio,

Good to see you posting again.

I'm another person that's never seen such a colourful Heron before.

As you say, with wildlife, we rarely get a choice of background and have to take what's there.
You could possibly do some blurring in PP with the sharpest leaves (below the chest) in #1, perhaps also in #3.

Did you sharpen the whole image, or selectively? If not selectively, that may help.

Never-the-less, a good series.

Thanks, Dave

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Hello, Dave. Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it. I sharpened the whole image and will give it a try. It looks like nobody here in CIC (that includes me) never saw this beauty before. Regards,

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Originally Posted by IzzieK

This is the first time I have ever really seen a colourful bird like this one...and my first thoughts were the sharpness. Excellent shots. How far were you from the bird? Can you please give me the EXIF? Thanks.

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Hi, Izzie. Thanks for passing by. As per your request, I have included some Exif data over each image. I was about 10 meters from him when I shot these. Then, he flew away...

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Originally Posted by FootLoose

That is a really striking bird, Otavia, and well captured. Thanks for sharing.

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Hello, Greg. Thanks for viewing and commenting. Regards,

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Originally Posted by John 2

Superb set Otavio.

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Hi, John. Glad you liked it. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Pica

Hello,
When viewing your photographs I based on composition and color tones do like your #3 and 4. They are lovely to view. It is an achievement to capture a bird during its flight.

Well crafted!

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Thank you, Pica. I am glad you liked it. Greetings from Brazil straight to Scandinavia! :)

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Originally Posted by Bobobird

LC ?? I am living in the wrong part of the world. I too have never seen one and what a beauty it is.

Some excellent points already mentioned above so no point repeating.

Excellent series, sharp where sharp needs to be (bif excepted. hehe). Well done.

I will leave alone the never ending discussion about clean backgrounds and backgrounds that show the animal in its true environment.

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Dear friend, it is good hearing from you again. Thanks for your comments!

PS.: You live in a GREAT country, with so many photography opportunities! ;)

Cheers,

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Originally Posted by Chrisclick

Very nice shots. We do not have these Herons in Aus. I love the colours and your captures are great. It always a pleasure to see something new. Thanks for sharing these. :)

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Hi, Chris. Thanks fore viewing and commenting.

Regards,

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Originally Posted by Ndukes

They are really nice Otávio. You might like to try a tighter crop on no.2 if it will take a little extra sharpening. I really like no.5 and would certainly try a tighter crop on it.

The difference between this bird and the blue heron, quite common in Ireland, is interesting with that very attractive beak.

I guess you used your 70-300 for these. A great and often underrated lens. Did you also use your 2X converter.

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Hi, Neville. Thanks for your feedback. Yes, I used the 70-300, which is really a great lens. I did not use the TC (actually I have a 1.4x instead of a 2.0x). Cheers,

Enjoyed viewing, thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Ziggy

Enjoyed viewing, thanks for sharing.

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My pleasure, Jim. Thanks for viewing.