White-faced Heron

[Paul Burdett]

Discovered a new location around 20 mins from home, and took a bunch of photos of this White-faced Heron. Here's one that I like.
7Dii, 100-400mm@312mm, 1/1000th sec, f5.6, iso640, hand-held in AV mode. Cheers.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Cool Bird. I wish for better head angle. Some spots which are in the background could be cleaned up to improve the image.

I would also have more space below the image as well..

Looks like you got a good place. Try to see if you can get lower perspective as well.
TFS

[Paul Burdett]

Thank you Krishna.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the soft light and the soft ambiance, nice exposure, I find the composition a bit too centered. the main issue here is the HA that as Krishna mentioned is angled away from us a bit

TFS

[Paul Burdett]

Thanks Arash. Comments appreciated.

[Mike Poole]

A nice clean shot Paul, HA already mentioned, and possibly 2 more points from me - firstly is the leg position. Its better than being stood still, but maybe a frame or 2 later, the bird might have put the rear foot further forward in front of the standing leg which I thing is more aesthetically pleasing. Also getting really low down would improve the shooting angle - although it will increase the number of pairs of pants going in the washing machine!

Look forward to some more from this location

Mike

[Moe Richard]

Excellent color and detail. The foreground and background work well together although as others have mentioned there are some spots that could be cleaned up in the background.

[John Mack]

What a cool looking heron. Agree with what has been said here. Always nice to find a location that is close to home.

[gail bisson]

I agree 100% with Mike re: foot position. I find the leg moving forward is much prettier.
I like the image just wish for a better HA,
Gail

[Paul Burdett]

Thnk you all for the feedback...points taken onboard:)