This image is pure awesome!!

**KC Foggin** · Saturday 20th October 2018, 22:10

Check it out:

https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/sh...9/limit/recent

**Lisa W** · Sunday 21st October 2018, 20:25

Wow, it is great.

hwinbermuda · Sunday 21st October 2018, 21:51

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Originally Posted by Lisa W

Wow, it is great.

copy that.
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Nutcracker · Monday 22nd October 2018, 00:28

Think I'd disagree slightly - the pose is very nice and it is sharp focus, but the colours are too over-saturated, too bright blue, and the background foliage too vivid yellow-green/green

fugl · Monday 22nd October 2018, 07:04

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Originally Posted by Nutcracker

Think I'd disagree slightly - the pose is very nice and it is sharp focus, but the colours are too over-saturated, too bright blue, and the background foliage too vivid yellow-green/green

Agreed, the colors are unpleasantly (and unnaturally) garish, presumably as a result of over-enthusiastic deployment of the saturation tool in post-processing. With regard to sharpness, the wing feathering is OK in that respect but the head and neck are noticeably on the soft side.

hwinbermuda · Monday 22nd October 2018, 08:44

My memory of the Tri Coloured Heron in the West Indies, where I saw it often (sometimes from my office window), was that in the harsh sunlight, it was almost purply blue; very bright, but in the shade was drab, and easily overlooked, so I tend to disagree with the 'garish' comment.
I also based my prior comment on the overall feel of the photograph, and its impact.
I appreciate the need for accuracy in the Opus, and for ID, but I like some artistic photos in the gallery.

Sandra (Taylor) · Monday 22nd October 2018, 08:54

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Originally Posted by KC Foggin

Check it out:

https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/sh...9/limit/recent

What a beautiful image. Thanks for that.

fingkisher · Sunday 30th December 2018, 21:25

Wow. The tri-coloured heron is now on my expanding list of must-see birds! Amazing.

(The list is currently pretty small tbf).

JWN Andrewes · Sunday 30th December 2018, 22:05

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Originally Posted by fingkisher

Wow. The tri-coloured heron is now on my expanding list of must-see birds! Amazing.

(The list is currently pretty small tbf).

It's a list that will grow alarmingly quickly. And to be brutally honest Tricolored Heron, though nice enough, will (should even!) be quickly eclipsed. There's much better out there!

**Lisa W** · Monday 31st December 2018, 16:50

I think it is an outstanding image.

Tom Mc85 · Wednesday 20th February 2019, 18:29

What a beautiful bird!

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