Great Blue Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a monopod
1/1250 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +1 1/3 ISO 1800 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 330mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped for composition and presentation

P.S. Learn more about Lake Morton in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide (https://birdsasart-shop.com/the-baa-middle-of-florida-photographic-site-guide/)

[David Roach]

Love the eye and lores and the BG. Just another "JP" classic. TFS

[John Mack]

Love those plumes. The lores are nice and blue. Framing is right on. Maybe warm it up a little bit.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I love the light here, and the perfect amount of contrast. I also love the flowing plumes behind. The bill is peeling more the I would ideally like, but that is not anything you can control - still a great bird. I do find the heron low in the frame - pointing down a bit more wold have been good.

[Bretoteanu Dan]

Beautifull detail in the feathers, and the curve of the neck leads my eye to the heron's. The BG makes it stand out very nicely. I also like the texture of the beak.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.