Walking Tall

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Too k this capture while visiting Firt Desoto three weeks ago . There were a pair of them so this provided some lovely courting activity. This particular image occurred just after the two had met for a moment and he was quite pleased himself.

Nikon D3
Nikon 600mm F4
1/2500. F8
manual

all comments are much appreciated.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

What a great pose Judy!!!
Nice eye contact and composition too.

[Jody Melanson]

Great pose and love the soft muted colours.

[Harold Davis]

fantastic capture, judy! love the pose. and the title is quite fitting!!!

[Adams Serra]

Hey Judy,
Beautiful image of this mating dance. The wing position, eye contact and the light blue water are very nice.

Adams

[Raul Quinones]

Awesome picture. Great timing, nice colors and composition. Thanks for sharing.

[Juan Aragonés]

You are makinng me to love this species. The elongated feathers on the neck and th ehead are to die for. Really beautifful pose. I would love to see more shadows on the underparts because the use of shadow/highlights filter is too much strong in my opinion. Really love the pose of the birds withe the bill facing to the sky, the open wings and the raised leg... it looks like some kind of worship to an unknow god of the herons ;)

[Nancy A Elwood]

Judy, I love it!!! The action is the best, but the one thing that really is lovely is the nice soft colors. And the iciing on the cake is it is sharp where it needs to be.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Judy,
Just love the strut. the raised foot is great too but the overall swagger of this guy make this one priceless!

[Glenn Bartley]

What a cool pose!

[gary rouleau]

Judy, that is a fabulous pose. A+ on the rich colours.

[Hugh J McLaughlin]

Strutting his stuff for Judylynn!!!

Hugh

[Steve Canuel]

Great colors and pose Judy.
Steve

[Steve Wheeler]

I would SO love to see one of these birds. Your image captures the antics I've read about precisely and very enjoyably Judy...

So nicely done...

Steve

[Rod Wiley]

Very nice capture