Indian Pond Heron

[Sudhir Shivaram]

I found this pond heron in a small pond filled with algae. Hence the green colour background in the image. This was photographed using the car window base as support.

http://www.thejunglelook.com/NSN/2008/800/_MG_7208-Pond-Heron.jpg

Canon EF 800mm + 1.4xII on Canon 1D Mark III
ISO 400, 1/800 @ f8, Evaluative Metering at Zero.

Regards,
Sudhir

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice setting, light and details. I only wish for a better head angle. Thanks for sharing!

[Tony Whitehead]

Lovely colours and background, Sudhir. Agree with Axel on headangle - I think for a frontal to work well you need to be really close so the eyes are a big feature. Monster lens!

[Arthur Morris]

Lovely and sharp. I am OK with the head angle. Would only get rid of the two greenish blobs to our left of the bird's neck. Simply done with a QM.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very nice bird. I hope to see more pictures of your birds from India.

[Maxis Gamez]

Amazing colors and BG. Maybe a Little fill flash would help the shadows.