Scratching Great Blue Heron

[Muhammad Arif]

Subject in the shade, BKGR in the sun (actually, reflection of sunlit foliage in water).

Comments and critiques are most welcome.

Canon EOS R
Canon 500mm F/4L ("old five")
1/400 | f/5.0 | ISO 800
Handheld, uncropped, post-processed in Topaz DeNoise AI and Adobe Lightroom.

[David Roach]

Fantastic water color, pose and details. TFS

[Muhammad Arif]

Thanks, David. Appreciate your comment.

[Brian Sump]

Muhammad, cool colors here and a fun action shot.

Would love to have the head angle more toward the camera. Also, 1/400 is tough SS for movement but you did pretty well to maintain detail considering.

Thanks for sharing.

[Muhammad Arif]

Yeah, I agree about the head angle. I told the heron several times to look at the camera but he just ignored me :) I agree about the SS too and because of that, the left foot shows a slight motion blur. Great feedback - much appreciated.

[Bill Dix]

Great pose. That reflected color in the BG really takes it up a notch. Good comments from Brian.

[John Mack]

The background color is great. I would like the see the bird tighter. Just the head neck and foot would be pretty nice.