Great Blue Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF + Nikon 1.4 III Teleconverter, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/4000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1100 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

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

[Jonathan Ashton]

Spot on I really like the wonderful details and beautiful colours.
I have one minor suggestion and that would be to apply a little more sharpening to the end 1-2cm of the bill.

[Mike Poole]

He certainly looks like a typical grumpy Heron! Bags of detail, the end tip doesn't bother me personally, I like the face the shadow in the eye doesn't quite intrude onto the pupil.

Mike

[William Dickson]

Very nice Joe.....thats some great detail you captured.....Nice pose....Looks good against the BG....Priceless facial expression.....

Will

[kevin Hice]

Wow lots of great detail on this Joe well done. Be interesting to know the age of this guy. I assume he is a older bird with all the weathered bill. TFS

[Colin Driscoll]

Yet another strong portrait Joe, you must just about know these birds personally by now.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice portrait. Just enough red shoulder included. This guy does not want to be messed with! I do wish for a "fresher" bill, but the overall image looks great nonetheless.

[David Pugsley]

Now that's a stern look! Nice portrait with loads of detail to take in.