Great blue heron using EOS R6 Mark II

[Elgardo-Rivera]

Hi everyone. First time here. Glad to be part of the community. I went to one of the local parks in my area (Lehigh Parkway, located in Allentown, PA) and took this shot with the R6 mk ii paired with RF 70-200 f4fL (ISO 160, 200 mm, 0ev, f5.6,1/160 s) and heavily cropped as you can see from the original. Made minor tweaks using Luminar Neo but no use of Ai tools within the program. Camera was on manual mode. Looking to upgrade to R5 or R5 mk ii to see if I can get better without having to spend too much on longer-reaching lenses. Thank you in advanced for your inputs.

[stevet1]

Elgardo-Rivera,

Your cropped version is much better. A strong subject centered in the frame.

Steve Thomas

[Danny]

I agree with Steve Thomas in that the cropped version has much more impact.  Your pedestrian pal in the uncropped version is a bit of a distraction.  Nice job on the edit!

[Vulture678]

Spend the money on the lens which will make a difference.  Glass is everything!  lol

[TomRamsey]

Well done

[Elgardo-Rivera]

Thank you. I was trying to include some of the environment so it wouldn’t look like a “bird-in-box” as Canon ambassador/YouTuber Simon d’Entremont says; however, I still like the heron being the main focal point.

[Elgardo-Rivera]

Very much appreciated, thank you! It’s difficult having a color deficiency in order to properly edit while keeping colors true. Which is why I rely on Luminar Neo to analyze the photo to help get correct colors. 

[Elgardo-Rivera]

Yes, I keep hearing such as well: Date the body and marry the glass lol. Perhaps the RF 200-800 or the RF 100-500 L would be a better investment.

[Elgardo-Rivera]

Thanks!

[Vulture678]

Yep, it will be the better investment for sure and better image quality.  However, there are some cheap lenses with amazing image quality, so, I would definitely do some research on any lens before purchasing.