Juvenile Green-backed Heron

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Taken at the Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg National Park. Dis a horizontal flip on this one.

1D MK IV
600mm f/4 + 1.4x extender
f/7.1
ISO 800
Focal distance: 840mm

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gerrie, well timed for the take off, with just enough show of the perch. Lovely Mankwe colours in the BG too.

[Dan Woodward]

Very nice, like the complementarity background. Wish the bird was nice enough to move his rear
wing back a bit to show off the head & neck better. ;)

[Daniel Cadieux]

I'm with Dan for the wing/neck merge and I do wish for a better position on the near wing, but great timing on your part. I like that there is still a bit of perch showing. Great BG.