Great Blue Heron with Florida Gar

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/1600 F/8 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 560 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Diane Miller]

Wonderful detail -- great catch for you both! I love how the tongue continues the line of the throat. It looks like he has speared the fish. Is he wondering how to get it from there down his throat? (If he isn't -- I am!)

[adrian dancy]

It looks like the bird is trying to focus on the Florida Gar and work out what to do next. I am always amazed by the size of prey that herons can cope with. This is a well executed image. Though not a fan of squarish crops it seems to work here IMHO. Nice work:)

[Geoff Newhouse]

Great stuff...the plumage looks different than the GBHs that I've shot and that is much bigger prey than I'm used to. Great details, great action, great shot.

TFS
Geoff

[Tony Whitehead]

Good catch, Joe. Nice and sharp with good details. I think you could probably pull out more details in the dark tones of the fish - shadows/highlights on the jpg works but working on the RAW file with the shadows slider in LR would be better.

[christopher galeski]

nice head shot,love how its eye is staring at the fish,nice detail and BG,TFS.

[gail bisson]

I really like the view of the tongue!
Sharp, well exposed.
I agree with above re: getting a bit more detail in the blacks on the fish.
Nice one Joe
Gail

[William Dickson]

Great capture Joe. Lovely detail and colours throughout.

Will

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joe, I really like the pose of the Heron, I can see he is concerned with getting down his catch. You have brought out the plumage detail very well and nice and sharp too.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the speared catch, visible tongue, composition and BG. Good suggestions above. Nice image Joe.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait. Superb details and nice composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.