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Birds eye view!

A heron makes a stab at what may have been a fish but fails to connect. Converted to b&w in PS some cloning of the bush on the right side. Photo taken on a bridge overlooking a lake in a Central London Park.

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Anders Grönlund 5 months ago

Beautiful! Great light! Lovely reflection.
Regards,
// Anders.

gerard sexton Thank you Anders I appreciate your feedback.

Patricia 6 months ago

Beautiful Gerard.

gerard sexton Much appreciated Patricia thank you.

Richard Spurdens 6 months ago

Good detaisl and mono work with thsi Gerard

gerard sexton Thanks Richard appreciate it that you think so.

Peter Svoboda 6 months ago

Beautiful B&W capture, nice composed and reflections,compliments

gerard sexton Thank you Peter I appreciate your kind words.

mohammad mahdi shaghayegh 6 months ago

very nice shot

gerard sexton Thank you Mohammad

Egils Spuris 6 months ago

Perfect!!!

gerard sexton Egils I wish it were but that is my life's torment I wonder when I will ever be perfect!

Phyllis Clarke 6 months ago

Gerry ...UNUSUAL ...processing for you. Very low key, and mysterious too. The water drops are perfect.. Its amazing what you can find in your neighborhood! Congratulations. Phyllis

gerard sexton Hi Phyl you got it UNUSUAL. I am experimenting based on my still limited grasp of PP I think I know what I am doing & then something happens & I realise I don't. I am getting there but still have a way to go. Thank you as always.

Carola Onkamo 6 months ago

What a beautiful capture! Love the reflection. Excellent!!

gerard sexton Yes the reflection is a real bonus here if only I could have one in all my images.... Thank you Carola I appreciate your nice words.

Christoph Hessel 6 months ago

A great b/w and light add power to this compo. An impressive capture Gerard

gerard sexton Thank you as always Christoph

Carrie Chastain-Little 6 months ago

Beautiful! Great light!

gerard sexton ...you left two messages then it must be my birthday! Thank you again

scott hupertz 6 months ago

excellent capture

gerard sexton Hey Scott thank you my friend!

Carrie Chastain-Little 6 months ago

Beautiful!

gerard sexton Thank you Carrie

Nicolas Marino 6 months ago

amazing always amazing gerry, your ability to make a terrific and artistic shot without even going far from your own city.

gerard sexton Well Nicolas then I achieved my objective then. I am lucky here because the bright peeled stick in the water is an asset it stops the viewer moving too far out of the frame from the birds head. I purposely added this as mood because I took out pieces of the ivy on the right I am still not sure what I am allowed to do in a nature image in regards manipulation! Thank you for your kind words

Henry Trust 6 months ago

excellent..

gerard sexton Thank you Henry

Andre du Plessis 6 months ago

A photograph, a Painting? Wonderful lines and refections, and I agree with Monique below .... this was made for B&W. .... and here you achieved the best possible result! Bravo!

gerard sexton You get it Andre its like a painting or even a cartoon in b&w! Thanks Andre I am always aiming to improve my PP conversion skills as you know; another work in progress!

Lewis 6 months ago

great capture !

gerard sexton Thank you.

gmolanus 6 months ago

powerful B&W.

gerard sexton Gracias!

Monique 6 months ago

i think what makes this one special is converting to b&w
we really rarely have chance to watch works like this without colors
and this is very interesting and attractive

Congrats for wonderful shot ,Gerard

gerard sexton Thank you Monique I like it but it has been presented a bit too dark for my liking here as my version is fresher & has more details.

Henrik Just 6 months ago

Good catch, Gerard !
Lovely reflection in this one.

regards

Henrik

gerard sexton You are right Henrik the colour version is too brown in the water so I decided to convert to b&w. I am sure there may be another way but this is it for now. Thanks for your favourable words.

John Taylor 6 months ago

Exquisite!

gerard sexton Glad you think so! Thank you John

Jeannette Oerlemans 6 months ago

Beautiful!

gerard sexton Thanks Jeannette

Steve Hill 6 months ago

Curious which Park? I'm a hound for Richmond, as you know?

gerard sexton ...also Steve I am feeling crap! so another day or just a skim job today?

gerard sexton ...Richmond is outer London this is Central London my little secret!

PAUL GS 6 months ago

A tutorial please!!!

gerard sexton ...would love to but I am not that organised! I will try & remember but I am certain there will be bits I will forget. Give me time to think about it!

PAUL GS 6 months ago

Incredible!

gerard sexton Thanks Paul!

Chris Dixon 6 months ago

Not only is it a great shot your B&W conversion is second to none

gerard sexton Cheers Chris & it will be pretty tricky doing a tutorial as I see someone above is suggesting because I will not have keep the history!

Colmar Wocke 6 months ago

I thought it a stunning example of "Heron photography" in Voting and I still do - favourited!

gerard sexton Thanks Colmar I really do appreciate your comments as I do getting this published.

Dennis Binda 6 months ago

photographers tend to prefer a low vieuw point but this way the reflection stands out. That is what makes this picture very good Gerard, congrats!

cheers, Dennis

gerard sexton Thanks Dennis really appreciate your visiting & stopping to comment. These birds are used to humans so are less skittish that they might be with some patience & a bit of stealth I got four or five frames & then it flew off & I had the wrong lens to capture the exit! too much to capture in such a small frame I was that close!

Papafrezzo (Frédéric) 6 months ago

Wonderful to see one of your park images here, Gerard.

gerard sexton Hi Frederic I am happy to see this here my heron images are largely static & there are others more accomplished with access to wildlife that display more dramatic behaviours than I have been able to capture as yet. This gets closer though I am not sure that there are heron size fish in this lake I have seen hefty carp 5-10KG but nothing smaller