Standing Tall

[Richard Waas]

I photographed this beauty at Fakahatchee Strand in the Everglades yesterday on my outing with Al and Fabs Forns, Oz and my son-in-law Danny with my Canon 1D MKIV. ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, EF-100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM, 400mm, Evaluative Metering, Auto Exposure, Auto wB, No Flash. This image was cropped. Comments Welcome.

[Alfred Forns]

Best view of that bird Richard !!! Sure wished he had stayed there for me !!! Love how he blends with the environment !!! ... I think you came up with the best of the day :)

[Harold Davis]

that is one wild looking heron!! i like what you did with the processing. different and well....WiLD!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

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[Mark Young]

Love the pose and angle.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Very unique composition. Love the pattern of the stems and neck together, cool technique. Wish it was wider IMO, nice one - congrats.

[Richard Waas]

Jeff, Wish what was wider? The bird or the frame?

[Craig Wallace]

Very nice image, must be what a frog or fish sees before it's dinner.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Richard - this guy looks wired - think he's been licking those african frogs or something :)
Like the treatment - different and a good change.
Good show :)

[Dave Mills]

Hi Richard, Very different and creative view.

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Frame.

[Richard Waas]

Jeff, there is plenty more frame in the original image, but my thoughts were to accent the long neck, that's why I used the tall vertical crop. Thanks for the thought, I'll try it.....