The silhouetted hunter (GBH)

[Daniel Cadieux]

I was lucky to find this Great-blue Heron actively feeding from this nicely backlit spot. It just remained firmly stationed in place but continuously struck left, right, and center for small minnows - allowing for many opportunities. It was then just a matter of choosing the images with the nicest looking splashes :-) A few imperfections and debris were patched out to give a "cleaner" look to the water.

Canon 40D + 100-400L @400mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/1600s., f/7.1, ISO 400, no EC (but metering off the bright water gave the desired silhouette effect), handheld. Slight crop for comp.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_Great-blueHeron_7169-01.jpg

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pretty cool! The color of the water and the shape of the splash make this one for me.

[Mital Patel]

what a splash this is. i like the treatment and the way you captured it. perfect mirror made this more beautiful.
Personal wish : love to see a large view with more space arround.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

Nicely done. I agree with Axel, the configuration of the splash acts as a very effective counterbalance to the bird, very nicely seen and captured.

Randy

[Kiran Poonacha]

Beautifully executed Daniel, PMP.. loved the setting.. congrats...

[LouBuonomo]

This is just lovely and well executed. Splash makes it for me.
Lou

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Just love it Daniel!

[denise ippolito]

Daniel, I really like the artistic look to this. The water splashes are great. The colors are fantastic. Well done.

[Harshad Barve]

simply perfect , loved it as presented
TFS

[Brian Zwiebel]

Hey Daniel, Great stuff here! Perfect in every way. Flip it 90 deg counter clockwise and I think you have yourself an interesting alien bug looking thing!

Good Shooting!

BZ

[Mohanram Kemparaju]

Nice curves here Daniel, little more space would have been nice, but thats a very minor thing.Also, i see some halo effects around your copyright, did you sharpen after you added the copyright?

[Charles Wesley]

Daniel,

I really like silhouettes. This one is fabulous in so many ways. Namely composition, color and splash. Thanks for sharing...
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL
http://naturesphotographs.com

[Tony Whitehead]

Very cool, Dan. Love the colour, symmetry and curves, especially the 2 arcs of the splash on the right. Well seen.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

great timing,light and colors!!!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Fantastic work Dan. I love the splash and all around color! Well seen and executed mate. Love it!!!! PMP as Kiran Bhai said.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Simply stunning. Great timig and natural moment! Congratulaitons!

[Charlie VanTassel]

That's pretty awesome, Daniel. Great colors, perfect timing!

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Fantastic. Sharpness, silhouette, reflection. Congrats! JR

[Nagesh Mula]

This is one beautiful image and well executed Daniel. Congrats!!

[Morkel Erasmus]

the reflection of bird and splash and the rich warm colour makes this very special! congrats, I'm green...:)

[carole wiley]

Well, what is left to say? This is just dy no mite.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Well planned and well executed! Nothing to add but my congratulations:-)

[Subharghya]

This is Perfect for me !! The Best Silhouette I have seen in a long time !!! Brilliant

[sree.kumar.h]

This has to be a very well visualized and executed image. Fantastic!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Absolutely gorgeous. Love the mirrored quality of this shot, the backlit splash is great as is the inferred action and orange colour. Well done man!

[Jasper Doest]

One of the best bird silhouettes I've seen in a long time. Excellent work....! The drops add a very nice touch and turn this into a winner in my book. This is art!

[Stephen Stephen]

Dan, it's pretty well all been said already so just a congratulations from me. I especially love the colour and the water droplets.