Grey Heron with Breakfast

[vishaljadhav]

We were watching the Greater Flamingoes from the boat when this guy got active and fished, i couldn't get the image when it speared the fish but got this one after the fish was out of the water
ISO 800, f 7.1 , 1/5000
from a boat with a monopod
5D MIII + 400 2.8 + 2x tc

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The area of the wing behind the neck has some noise in it since i raised it out of the dark, just preferred the wing design rather than black area, There were 2 blobs of egrets in the right hand top corner on the edge of the water that i have cloned out here.

Comments are welcome

[gail bisson]

Hi Vishal.
I like the light and the nice low POV and the wing position of far wing. I do wish for a better position for the near wing.
The fish is even facing the correct way!
I would rotate the image CCW a few degrees.
Nice BG and good PP,
Gail

[Dave Leroy]

Well done for some pretty bright light and 800 mm as well. Lining up the ripples from left to right looks like some ccw rotation for sure. I might also try to add some selective black to the bird as well to accentuate the blues and greys a bit more. It may also darken the water a bit.

Lovely bg and shooting angle. I also like the position of the bird in the frame.

[vishaljadhav]

Well done for some pretty bright light and 800 mm as well. Lining up the ripples from left to right looks like some ccw rotation for sure. I might also try to add some selective black to the bird as well to accentuate the blues and greys a bit more. It may also darken the water a bit.

Lovely bg and shooting angle. I also like the position of the bird in the frame.

Thanks Dave and Gail, based on the feedback i have tried to redo the image , shifting the rotation and the few other small tweaks , Let me know if this is ok
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[gail bisson]

Repost is excellent!
gail

[Marina Scarr]

Good comments above and repost looks super.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Vishal, great low perspective, and its always great to see the subject with a catch. Well done on the repost addressing the rotation. Comp wise, if this were mine, I would take a bit off the bottom, and add to the top.

[vishaljadhav]

Hi Vishal, great low perspective, and its always great to see the subject with a catch. Well done on the repost addressing the rotation. Comp wise, if this were mine, I would take a bit off the bottom, and add to the top.
Stuart thanks, I to wished to have more at the top however the C C W rotation ate into it

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image with very nice exposure and colorscheme.

Regards,
Satish.

[Frank Schauf]

Very nice scene and colors.