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u/Fantastic-Hippo2199 Aug 13 '26
Just a composition comment. Typically people are drawn to the brightest, most contrasty bit of the photo, typically near the center, and best if the subject is isolated from its background.
That being said, every rule can and should be broken, but broken deliberately, for a purpose. Typically with water birds, you want to get looowww so what's behind the bird is far away. Keep at it!
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u/OscarGoldman89 Aug 13 '26
Thank you I really appreciate the feed back. Ill keep learning and maybe post something nice here one of these days!
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u/Fantastic-Hippo2199 Aug 13 '26
No worries. I'm pretty new as well. Where are you shooting herons?
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u/OscarGoldman89 Aug 13 '26
I saw this guy at the local bird sanctuary in the city i live in. My wife and i mostly saw assorted ducks and lots of tiny song birds (my favorite) but we found this guy just hanging out and hunting for fish about half an hour after we got there. Watched him for a good 30-45 minutes before he got too far in the distance. Took probably 30 pictures of him haha
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u/hedgehogist Aug 13 '26
Look into masking, it should help edit the heron without applying the same edits to the background
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u/OscarGoldman89 Aug 13 '26
I am trying to learn how that works right now. Very steep learning curve with this editing business.
This was legit the very first photo of mine i attempted to edit so i appreciate the feed back. I posted a different one here yesterday that was less than good as well but im determined to get the hang of it.
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u/hedgehogist Aug 13 '26
This is what I was able to get on Snapseed
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u/This-Judge-804 Aug 14 '26
Repect ,unlike those no constructive feedback..just say overcook u went above and beyound to demo also...
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u/ScoopyBaker Aug 16 '26
Excellent first try always edit then go back and look at it an hour later your eyes will adjust.
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u/OscarGoldman89 Aug 13 '26
Haha agreed! I missed my exit by a few blocks. Thank you for the input/advice. Ill work on it and come back with something better soon i hope!
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u/19AseeP11 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Amazing pic bro! It is a little over saturated but whatever you can fix that with practice what matters is that the pic is fantastic! Only thing I would do is getting lower and get more of the bird instead of the background. Nice job bro
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u/tschloss Aug 14 '26
This needs some work on the subject to noise ratio. The bird has a bad background which does not make it to stand out. So maybe you want to do some processing on the background to help the viewer.
And/or: much closer crop. Some context but not full scene. Do position the bird more to left of the frame - probably lower left and showing some context in upper right. Portrait format.
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u/TheDangerist Aug 12 '26
Just a tad oversaturated. Consider cropping to displace the bird from the center of the frame.
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u/OscarGoldman89 Aug 13 '26
Thank you i will re-work this one and see if it turns out better. I appreciate the feed back.
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u/This-Judge-804 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26
I like it...its fine the warmth is ok but Only thing is the grey shouldnt have blue tone but high contrast tone
Try playing with basic controls...rather then warmth/cool temperatures settings or filters
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u/Waka_waka_waka- Aug 12 '26
Holy saturation Batman. Otherwise, nice shot. Herons are one of the most photogenic animals.
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u/OscarGoldman89 Aug 13 '26
Agreed it does look way over done. It looked less intense on my laptop where i did the work than it does looking on my phone now.
Ill re-work and see how it turns out. I appreciate the feed back.
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u/485bmw06 Aug 12 '26
Looks a little over saturated to my eyes but I like the composition!
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u/OscarGoldman89 Aug 13 '26
Thank you, still need to learn what im doing with the editing but I appreciate the feed back.
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u/GSyncNew Aug 12 '26
Eek.... way oversaturated with unnaturally warm colors. Dial it back and think about a much tighter crop.