Tri-colored Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at a stop along Blackpoint Wildlife Drive in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500nn PF + Nikon 1.4 III Teleconverter, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/5000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV -1/3 ISO 1250 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Dorian Anderson]

Lovely image, Joe. The layered feathers are stunning. Lighting and detail are great, and the softly graded background adds interest. I think you could sharpen the eye/face a bit more, but otherwise I'd leave as is. Nice!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Joe ... very nice image .
Light is nice and the bokeh with the duo colored BG is working very well .
I do like the colors and tones a lot .
Well done on all counts

TFS Andreas