Little Blue Heron w/ Catch

[Bill Foxworthy]

Canon 40D, 100-400L at 400mm.
ISO 640, 1/1600. f/7.1

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

I like the action you captured here Bill under what looks like bright lighting. Good feather detail and low angle but I find the foreground fights for my attention . Sometimes that can not be helped. Thanks for sharing.

[Arthur Morris]

What the heck does he have??? This is sharp but could be a bit darker. The legs look a bit hot. If you had moved well right to better parallel the subject and gotten right down on the ground the image would have been much improved.

later and love, artie

ps: the darker strip of sea grass (which appears to be shaded???) is also distracting. Getting low would have totally eliminated that problem.

[Bill Foxworthy]

Thanks for your comments Artie and Judy. I have some other images of him and this snake or eel wraps around the beak but I do not know exactly what it is. It was about 5-6" long. Wish I could have been a little lower but this was taken out near the Sunshine Skyway and I was on an oyster bar and they were too sharp to lay on. I wish now I had but I probably would have had to get stitches.