Green Heron with a snack..

[dankearl]

D500, 500mm (300 w/ 1.7), 1/800, f5.6, iso3200

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[David Roach]

You both nailed it. Perfect low angle for an intimate view of this hunter. Love that BG too. Love the details and colors and nice and clean for 3200. Congrats. TFS

[William Dickson]

Very nice...Love the pose. Awesome eye and the fish adds. I see a little motion blur on the right foot. Looking good in front of that BG. Great colours.

Will

[John Mack]

Point of view is spot on. The fish is another bonus. Detail on the bird looks very nice.

[Moe Richard]

Outstanding detail, pose, and snack. A tiny bit noisy but still a fine image. Too bad about the graffiti.

[dankearl]

Thanks a lot Moe, appreciate the catch, funny, I did not notice, I guess because
I walk by this log every morning... A public garden, the first graffiti I have seen there.
I will get it taken care of.

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[Daniel Cadieux]

The funny thing is that I thought the graffiti was actual streaks from heron moving on the log with wet feet! On both versions there are repeating paterns of the heron's claw from cloning. Other than that I like the scene with a nice prey item. Tough BG to deal with...