Yellow crowned Night heron

[Grace Scalzo]

Stretching the limits of both myself and my gear, I created this image tonight in very low light. More for fun and experimentation than anything else.

1/500, f4, iso3200
Canon 1dx, 600 fr + lowered rrs tripod

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful!! Soft light redefined! Love the pose, composition, shallow DOF, and great tonalities.

[MohsenVahedipour]

What a lovely Juvi! Excellent details with soft BG. I like that orange eye. TFS

[Girish Prahalad]

lovely comp, details & setting.

[gail bisson]

Looks really good Grace.
Nice soft diffuse light and great pose.
I like the soft colors in this as well as the layered BG. The punch of green vegetation on the left is nice as well. I might be tempted to remove the green stuff to the right of heron.
Gail

[christopher galeski]

good capture,nice soft light,sharp,love the eye.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Grace, seems like you need not experiment any further - everything looks great here. Love the look back pose, soft light, and sure nailed the sharpness. Nicely separated from the BG, and a vertical comp wouldnt be out of place, but nothing wrong as is.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice image, well done, Grace. I like the twisted neck pose of this juvi.

[Sandy Witvoet]

Oh MY! I just want to hug this "gawky" youngster! Great focal point for the eye.... incredible soft and pleasing background. I like all the greenery... the one on the right too.

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background.

[Mervyn Marsh]

very cool photo.. sweet looking bird, loving the light in this too. :)