Do Grey Herons have any natural predators …….. they are a hell of a lot of them about all over Europe, Africa and Asia?
Thabnks for the comments folks. I reckon #4 is one of my best ever shots but I doubt if National Geographic will be calling anytime soon!
Nice to see you Phil. Was thinking about you only yesterday as I thought you'd been quiet.....I have a friend up from the south of England just now who wants to shoot pine martens and wondered where was best to go with a camper van. I've just finished an Indian with him and his other half and then sent them up Glen Esk (not for Martens though). If you have any (Sunart) locations to suggest for me to tell him, please PM meThe subject matter doesn't worry me in the slightest. Number 4 is the pick of the bunch for me.
I'm beginning to think this too Ade. They were shot while away from home and processed/facebooked very quickly from a hotel room. However, I think I'm going to need some assistance to get the best out of them as you know I'm not a PP fan/expert. I know #4 is a good capture, someone has even suggested a prize-winner(!) which was a bit of a shock to me. I've also had someone at my door asking for a copy of it this morning (a friend of a chap who is plastering my walls at the moment and who had heard about the heron pic from the plasterer)!Perhaps a revisit to processing them may help, it does look like the weather and light was against you though.
OK, back to the matter in hand......
There is a general feeling that these shots have a darkness about them - specifically 1 & 2. Truth is, it wasn't the best of days and what you see here is pretty much how it was.
So, is the suggestion that I 'adjust' things to make it appear brighter, or is it best to portray exactly what I saw???
I never have an issue with this sort of thing Adam. However, given the responses here, I really think I need to go back and re-edit the whole lot.Hope you don't mind me having a play with one of them.
Fascinating shots - I think heron have been known to take at least stoats if not mink so ducklings are probably easy fare.
What's sad is once again on TP, the story or context behind the images is ignored for complaints about the technical aspects of the images. There's so much more to an image than following a technical set of rules. Getting the story is so much more important, as has been seen over the history of documentary photography.
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I know what you're saying but it often seems on TP that the technical aspects are the holy grail and nothing else.
Correct!!the issue is purely PP it can be fixed
Thanks Richard. I've never even considered a photography competition and I'd probably feel a bit of a fraud. All I did was push a button in the right place/right time etc. I'm fortunate enough that I don't try to make a living from photography (I'd starve!), so I have no pretentions about making money or winning competitions.I think you could well have a shot number 4 that could do well in the British wildlife photographer of the year (remember to read the rules on editing though). What I like about it is that it is all down to the effort you alone have put in you haven't gone to where a bird has been baited into a specific area and paid to get the image. You got this one off your own back. Don't get me wrong I'm not against baiting birds and paying to get them but loads off others go to the same place and get similar images. So you should be chuffed with yourself over getting these.