Breeding Tri-colored Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image along Wading Bird Way trail in Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm F/5.6 VR AF-S ED PF + Nikon 1.4 III Teleconverter, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/2000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 560 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

[Volkan Akgul]

hi Joseph, photo very good. technic detail perfect! there is something wrong with the color. maybe not (personel)

congratulations

[Arthur Morris]

The color looks pretty good to me. I love the purple on the back of the head and the handsome breeding plumage. What date?

with love, a

[John Mack]

All that blue looks great. Sure does fit the theme well. Detail looks great on the bird.

[Brian Sump]

Lots of blue here Joe. I absolutely love that beak and eye, wow.

Comp and pp look great my friend. That rich bkg is nice, though I think it would be sweet with a gorgeous specimen like this to have a little contrast in color.

Regardless, well captured!

[Joseph Przybyla]

The color looks pretty good to me. I love the purple on the back of the head and the handsome breeding plumage. What date?

with love, a

Hi Artie, thank you for viewing and commenting, Regarding when, a couple weeks ago, 4/22/21. Thanks again...

[gail bisson]

Great looking bird and IQ with lots of details.
The bird gets lost in the overwhelming blue BG so I would reduce the saturation of the blue,
Gail

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Blue on Blue. Beautiful Image.

TFS

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.