Great Blue Heron in for a landing

[Terry Olmsted]

A fairly close flyby and landing. Edmonds Marsh, Edmonds, WA Taken Aug. 22, 2009 in dim but even light.

Canon 40D 400mm 5.6L 1/800s f5.6 ISO 1600 Partial Metering Av Neat Image filter

[Don Lacy]

The Heron contrast nicely with the BG just wish he was fly towards you slightly more to get a better head angle instead of away from you as he is here.

[Harshad Barve]

Heron pops up on BG , nice compo & exposure control
TFS

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks for the critiques, Harshad and Don.

[Leo Berzins]

I agree with Don about the angle but, aside from that, I really like this image. To me, you've struck a great balance between bird and habitat which informs rather than detracts. Nicely done Terry.

[Terry Olmsted]

Thanks for the input, Leo, and for taking the time to comment. My goal is to improve, and I find the quality of comments very helpful.