Hungry Heron

[Cindy Cone]

Young tri-colored herons, St. Augustine Alligator farm last May. Less than ideal background, but I couldn't resist the expressions. All comments welcome.

Canon 20D, 1/640, f/9.0, 100-400 mm at 400.

[Pete Woods]

Great expression, as you say the background does distract.
Have you tried the image with the foreground at the bottom cropped off (about 3cm's). it may help :)

[Jim Neiger]

Hi Cindy,

Young TCHs are a blast to watch and photograph, but bgs are difficult at the Aligator farm. I really like the pose and expression of the first bird, but the bg and the other bird in shadow are a bit distracting. When I photograph at the Aligator farm or at Gatorland whcih is very similar, I usualy look for distant, pleasing bgs, and try to be in position when a bird gives me a shot at a clean bg. I think this is easier to do with flight shots than stills there, because you can get better seperation from the bg much of the time.

[Jody Melanson]

A face only a mother could love!

[Judy Becker]

Well done, as usual, under less than ideal conditions with a short lens http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif