Tri-colored Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

This is a more conventional portrait of the same Tri-colored Heron I posted previously. Image captured a few minutes later when the bird's head angle turned sideways, shot at Lake Mirror, Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering -1 EV ISO 220 AWB, camera supported by a concrete wall
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice details and profile on this portrait. I like the eye and the faint detail contained in the iris. I normally do not worry where dof falls, except for tight portraits, so here I would have stopped down to get the full bill sharp. Still a strong portrait.

[christopher galeski]

very nice head shot,nice detail,beautiful eye,and the BG sets the image off nicely.TFS.

[William Dickson]

Nice close up portrait shot Joe. Love the details especially around the eye and head area. The BG colour shows off the bird well.

Will

[nick clayton]

Great light, detail and colours Joseph, also a nice clean background.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Terrific light and details and I like your composition. I would've pushed the ISO for more DOF, but a very nice portrait anyway. TFS Joe.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

The only deal breaker for me is the soft bill tip.
But you have a wonderful portrait nevertheless.
Don't forget to use your aperture in this instance and
a slight cranking up of the ISO with good exposure control
will still get very good IQ shots.
Really like it!
Thanks for sharing!