Great Blue Heron

[John Mack]

This image was created at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Tyre, New York on 5/11/19 at 8:32AM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Medium crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
600mm
ISO 400
f8.0
1/2000sec

[Randy Stout]

John:

Great timing, like the splash, reflections, exposure.

I might be tempted to crop in a bit from top and left, if the image quality will hold up.

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

The size of the splash makes this one work. Just to clean up the frame I would certainly remove the spots in upper left corner. The heron is nice and sharp!

[Dorian Anderson]

Outstanding action, John! Bird is tack sharp, ad I would clean up the spots as Daniel mentioned. I would also crop in a bit more on all around as you have the detail on the subject and that will make the splash pop even more!

[Aditya Sridhar]

Agree with all the suggestions mentioned above. The spots are definitely bothersome but easy to remove. Love the splash. Very nice!

[Alex Becker]

Great action frame and nice details and light. I agree re: cropping in a bit and cloning out the spots as they draw the eye. Love the reflection. TFS