Green Heron (Florida)

[Dorian Anderson]

Nailed this guy on a tiny island in the surrounding duck weed. Though there was heavy cloud above (hence the cool tones on the plants), the sun was pushing
through a thin patch of clouds behind me; that lent some needed color and contrast while keeping the bird's shadow to a minimum. Really happy with this result!

Canon 600mm f/4 IS on EOS R5
1/1250 at f/7.1 ISO 1600
Processed in LR CC. Cloned a few small irregularities on the plant matter and in the background (generated by same plant matter)

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[Volkan Akgul]

hi Dorian,
you are very fast :) Variety of species...
congrats nice photo for me

[dankearl]

Another fine image and I like the stuff on the beak but its hard to top the first one you posted....

[arash_hazeghi]

very pretty image,I like the small pieces of duckweed on the bill and the green water.

TFS

[Kurt Bowman]

Another fine image of this Greenie Dorian! Love the little island and the duckweed on the bill is great! Shows us what he's been doing.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Hi Dorian. lovely image of a Green Heron. I echo all the positive comments. A question... When you were getting this low POV did the thought of alligators cross you mind? Thank you for sharing.

[William Dickson]

You nailed it perfectly.......Really liking this one......As they say in Scotland......Pure Dead Brilliant.....

Will