Tricolored Dawn

[Judd Patterson]

http://www.juddpatterson.com/BPN/tricolored1.jpg


Canon 40D, 500mm f/4
1/4000, f/4.5, ISO 400
AV mode, Evaluative metering, handheld
Viera Wetlands in Florida

Medium-sized crop and levels adjust to drop the little bit of bird detail into shadow. Sunday was a lovely morning at Viera and well worth the 3:30 AM depature from Miami. :) The colors were quite strong in a narrow band of water, so the key was to position myself to take advantage of any birds that moved through that region...thankfully this Tricolored Heron flew across once and made me very happy.

[Maxis Gamez]

Hey Judd,

Love the pose the amazing water drops. This is a work of art!!

[Michael Sowden]

Judd, That is a work of art. Strong colour, comp and the amazing detail in the water drops simply make it fantastic

[Richard Kowalski]

Absolutely incredible Judd! This is the type of image I am striving to create myself.
No question images like this make getting out of a warm bed worth much more than the effort!

[Alfred Forns]

Love it Judd !!!! Nothing like this color early in the morning with a great silhouette Nice early morning drive !!!

[Thonnaksar NOP]

This is absolutely gorgeous and the timing is perfect !
Well done !

[John Cooper]

love that pose Judd, and the silhouette against the brilliant orange and gold BG is just stunning - great effort!!

[Mike Milicia]

Fantastic silhouette !
You caught a great pose and the colors are amazing !
Love the water drops and their reflection.
Congrats !

[Steve Wheeler]

Looks like am avian ballet.... Gorgeous image!

Steve

[Geurt Bloem]

All said, so a very well done from me.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Judd!

I love the strong colors, and the beautiful gradient that goes well with the repeating ripples. Very attractive image to the eyes!

[Anita Rakestraw]

Gorgeous, Judd, fantastic pose and great bg colors!

[Krijn Trimbos]

Those water droplets make for a really special silhouette shot! Gorgeous! The only thing I would try to do is clone out the black twig, blobs from the right. In any case a shot of which I wish it was mine

[Ian Colley]

Nothing to add other than fantastic. Unreal image.

[Philip Pietri]

Everyone has pretty much said it all. It's simply a wonderful photograph. I love it! I might clone out a few of the sticks on the right, in particular the one under the birds butt.

[Grace Scalzo]

Judd, I liked this the moment I saw the thumbnail. The arc of the water droplets that are perfectly reflected, in addition to the step of the bird make it special.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Agree with Philip`s comments!

[Patrick Jeudy]

Wow Great timming / color / pose !!!

[Blake Shadle]

How did I miss this? Outstanding work, Judd. The pose and color are great! I'm in agreement about trying to clean up the right side of the frame.

[Doug Brown]

Excellent photo! Agree with the cloning suggestions, but this pic makes quite an impact.

[Kaushik Balakumar]

wow wow wow. amazing silhouette. perfect timing...

rgds,
Kaushik

[Marko Matesic]

One of the best silhouettes I ever seen .
way to go Judd!