American Bittern

[gary rouleau]

American Bittern, Bosque Del Apache NM.
Canon 20D
300mm
iso 1600
Aperture 2.8
Cpeed 1/50
Comp -0.3

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice portrait and BG. I wish for more head turn toward you, the head is a bit too centered and the BG looks a bit noisy.

[Jody Melanson]

Nice BG. Wish for more DOF for the beak. A look this way would be much nicer IMHO.