"He went that way"

[Grace Scalzo]

Had a little fun recently with a young Yellow-crowned Night heron as he learned the ins and outs of hunting for crabs. The fading evening light comes right down a channel in a harbor near me for a couple weeks in the fall, is reflected off the reeds, and things light up just beautifully. Add a couple good subjects and it's a photographer's heaven.

1/1250, f 5.6, iso1600
Canon 1Dx, 600f4 + lowered rrs tripod, flat on belly, almost full frame.

[Marina Scarr]

This is a contest image, Grace. The light is stunning. I love the crab pointing the young bird in another direction. Talk about great timing getting both sharp in the frame.

[Stephen Stephen]

Beautiful image Grace. As Marina says great light and nice low angle too.

[Loi Nguyen]

Grace, beautiful light, interesting behavior of the two species, love everything about it! Loi

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Superb Image! Outstanding in every aspect!

[christopher galeski]

This is one superb image Grace,light pose sharp low level all superb.well done.

[Frank Schauf]

Fantastic. Wonderful pose, light and background.

[gail bisson]

WOW! The pose of the crab is priceless.
Just a superb image!:cheers:
The light is a photographers dream and you had the knowledge and talent to be there at the right time and place.
Congrats Grace an IOTW I think!!
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Grace - Superb!!!! The light in this is to die for, and a great eye to capture the entire scenario with the crab 'pointing'. Very well captured. A contest winner for sure.

[Carl Walker]

Hi Grace - Very appropriate caption:S3: - This is a beauty - the gorgeous light you have managed to capture on the heron and crab is stunning. The detail and colour is amazing. The beautiful image portrays the story very well.

[Richard Flack]

Wow! What an incredible image. Well done Grace!

[Petros Petrou]

This is a very unique image! I like everything about it!. Light, BG, shooting angle, details. TFS!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

This is really a stunning image, Grace. The light couldn't get any better than this, and nor could your timing and execution. Terrific work.

[Andre Pretorius]

I can just echo all the above. I once asked an old Pro(he won the BBC award) what the secret is for taking good wildlife images. His reply: "there are 3 secrets-light, light and light!!" When is sweet, everything else works!!
I see some posterisation in top BG- I leave the blurring for last to prevent it.

[Karl Egressy]

Stunning image here, Grace. the light is amazing and the interaction between the crab and heron adds a lot of interest.

[Ashley Cohen]

Wow thats a really stunning capture. Great use of light and interesting subjects

[Don Lacy]

Love it Grace the light is to die for.

[dankearl]

Seriously?
You are just killing it, Grace, this is just Off the charts.

[Greg Oakley]

Awesome image Grace! I have really enjoyed your images recently

[shane shacaluga]

Super image!! The more i look at it the more i like it!!

Did the night heron take the crab's advice? :D

[Bill Dix]

Spectacular, Grace! The light and interaction rock, and your skill in capturing both is astounding.

[Satish Ranadive]

Classic image with apt title. Wonderful lights, magical colors, great IQ and superb composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Just love this image, stunning golden light and the crab take this image to another level, love it.

[vishaljadhav]

I love this one, every thing else has been said

[arash_hazeghi]

wow! this is a big print.

wish this frame was mine

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Grace this is Killer! I just love the light, the animated looking crab, the confused look on the little juvi. Tells a great story! Absolutely love it

[Grace Scalzo]

A big thank you to all who looked at and commented on my picture. It takes a lot for an image like this to come together. I had been working on it for a couple of low tide cycles, so I felt pretty happy and lucky when I saw it happen. thanks again.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Grace! I like the light, title, IQ, interaction, low angle and composition.