Heron With Catch

[Dave Mills]

At Ft Meyers in Jan and caught this....
Nikon D300 500mm lense
f/8 at 1/2500 sec -1/3 comp
iso 800 tripod mounted

[Fabs Forns]

Great work in freezing the action and a fish to boot.
:ight angle not optimal but acceptable a little tight at bottom.

Keep them coming :)

[Stu Bowie]

I like how you have captured the droplets, especially the ones on the back. I would have maybe included the whole reflection, but still well captured. Not sure if his catch is going to fill him up.

[Arthur Morris]

Yes, the high shutter speed froze everything nicely. The light was a bit harsh. I would advise here against trying to include the whole relfection as it is quite distorted. Best to do that only on mirror calm days. I actually like more of a pano crop eliminating the lightest reflections of the fish and the end of the bill.

[Daniel Cadieux]

That is quite the splash for such a tiny prize (of which I like that the correct end is facing us!). I also agree that the pano crop works well, with Artie's comp tweak giving some improvement at the bottom edge.