Yellow-crowned Night-heron

[Steve Maxson]

This image was taken at Ding Darling in January under light overcast at mid-day. I like the apparent eye contact between bird and crab. 20D, 500 f/4 +1.4x, 1/1250, f/6.3, ISO 400, uncropped. Comment welcome.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice shot Steve!
I really like the eye contact,timing and the details!

[Mike Milicia]

Great job catching the action with excellent exposure, sharp detail, perfect head angle, and nice bg !

I'm seeing a blue/green color cast. Here's my attempt to warm it up a bit.
See what you think.

[Jim Poor]

Awesome. I like it for the action, head angle and details.

The image tests out as pretty darn close to neutral, but I can see how some people would prefer it a little warmer. I'm partial to the cooler version.

[Steve Maxson]

Mike,
I see what you mean by the coolish color cast. The revision you posted shows a notable magenta cast on my monitor. Maybe somewhere in between the two? Thanks for commenting. Steve

[Brian Wong]

Hi Steve!

I think the HAP will like you for this one. The crab makes it better. I agree with the slight color cast ... but maybe just apply the revision just to the bird, and leave the background as is?

[David Chauvin]

Very cool image! The position of the crab gives it a little something extra.

[Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa]

gorgeous image and timing!
the PP of Mike is spot on.