Great Blue Heron

[John Mack]

This image was created at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in Tyre, New York on 5/18/20 at 3:32PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Small crop.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
ISO 1600
f4.0
1/2000sec

[David Roach]

You really nailed this one. Sharp from head to toe with good sense of motion. The horizontal lines feel like pan blur. Can you get that at 1/2000? At any rate, I love it. TFS

[dankearl]

Nice eye level sharp Heron photo..

[Colin Driscoll]

Well captured, good detail in a lovely complimentary BG.
I would be tempted to reduce the blobs in the upper BG.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great shot John, the bird is beautifully detaile and the fast shutter speed worked well. Additionally you have a background that despite the faster shutter speed, it shows movement - great shot.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice solid heron-in-flight image. Sharp. Good BG, but yes, I too would be tempted to remove the blotches along the top (or at least minimize their presence). I am finding that their is a yellowish cast to the image?