Black-crowned Night Heron

[James Salywoda]

Black-crowned Night Heron
Southern, California

Another shot taken on Friday in which we had some very nice light and some nice activity
going on.

Nikon D300 AFS600 F4 1.4 TC

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Judd Patterson]

That's a real beauty Jim! I love the background colors and the warm light. You can't ask for a nicer angle for the herons flight path either!

[Raul Quinones]

Great flight picture, nice colors, details and background.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Exposure, composition, BG, flight angle, wing position, nicely lit eye...everything works well here. Very beautifully done :-)

[Gus Cobos]

Great capture, image and composition James,
Good head angle and superb eye contact. Yo have razor sharp details and good color rendition...congrats...:cool:

[Maxis Gamez]

Simply outstanding!! Nothing else to say!

[Albert Froneman]

The perfect pose, the perfect exposure, the perfect background - I can carry on and on!! Very well done Jim! Wish it was mine...

[Juan Aragonés]

Terrific eye and fantastic light. Sharp as a tack and very nice wing stroke. the BG adds a lot to this fantastic image. Well done!

[bill kominsky]

PERFECT...PERFECT....PERFECT Nothing more to say, except perfect.

Bill

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I Iove the light,eye contact and the bg`s color!!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, pose and eye contact, the BG looks great, too.

[Fabs Forns]

Fantastic eye contact, light and exposure, very well done!

[Linda Robbins]

Really gorgeous in every respect!

[Mark Schmitt]

Can only add my approval to all that has already been said. Keeper. ;-)

[Nagesh Mula]

I liked the eye level shot here and a very smooth BKGR. Well done James!!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Terrific James, light, pose, BG, detail, all is just A+++ Congratualitons!

[david cramer]

Super shot! Thanks for sharing it.