White-faced Heron

[Colin Driscoll]

A White-faced Heron flying into the early rising sun reflected off the water.
1DXII 600mm F/4L III HH
1/4000 f8 iso800 -0.3ev
Slight crop, S&H, de-saturated the sky a little, light sharpen PS2019

[Colin Driscoll]

Fixed some sky artifacts in the OP

[Anthony Barsotti]

Really nice shot, beautiful soft light and the wing position is great. Normally I’m not a huge fan of birds against a flat blue sky but here it really works. Great frame, thanks for sharing.

[Aditya Sridhar]

This is a nice image Colin. The light is great and as Anthony has mentioned, the wing position is great. There is some color noise present on the bird, though, especially on and under the wings. At ISO 800 on the 1DX II, that shouldn't be a problem at all, so worth a revisit there. Some additional sharpening would help too I think. Really nice though overall. TFS.

[John Mack]

Like the pose and the light. The detail looks nice as well.

[Arthur Morris]

This is fabulous, one of your very best. I love seeing good images of unfamiliar wading bird species. All the positives are well-covered above.

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