Great Blue Heron Flying Over Marsh Habitat.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This adult GBH had just chased a young one away, and was now flying back to the spot it had come from.

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/2000s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop for comp, two grass blades crossing behind the neck removed via a combination of clone and content aware tools. Darkened the subtle oof FG foliage along the bottom right of the frame.

[John Whaley]

BIF with tack focus, clear eye, complimentary BG, and feather detail - nailed it here. No comment except great shot.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

The angle of the bird in the frame, downstroke position and particularly the softer, less detailed patch behind the head and neck, all works well. Nice framing.

Cheers

Randy

[Mike Poole]

It all came together nicely for this one Dan, the full downstroke at the exact spot in the BG where there was a bit of a clearing to frame him nicely.

Techs as good as ever.

Mike

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful shot with great downstroke wing position. Lovely habitat. How nice of him to position himself against the reddish grasses.

[William Dickson]

You can almost hear the swishing of the grasses as the bird flies past :S3: Lovely capture and very natural looking

Will

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight shot. Beautiful habitat.

Regards,
Satish.