Tri-colored Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

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

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +2/3 ISO 800 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Adhika Lie]

Very very nice pose, Joe! I like the spread wing pose at high angle of attack here. The belly looks a little on the hot side, maybe a little burn there?

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thank you for viewing and commenting, Adhika. Very much appreciated....

After reading your comments I revisited the editing and worked on the image again. The white/lights were too bright. Sometimes too much is done to an image in post processing. Here is a repost of the edit.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the wing position, dangling feet and composition. I like the toned down whites on the Heron but now the water looks too dark. I would only apply the decreased exposure/brightness to the bird. Nice image Joe.