Yellow crowned night heron

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/11018252-lg.jpg

Came across this cooperative chap yesterday. My favorite wader.

40D. 400f5.6L at f/5.6. iso 640. 1/500s. a little USM on the bird.

C&C welcome and appreciated.

[Mike Milicia]

Great overall feeling on this one!
Love the pose, colors, setting, and BG and excellent job with the exposure!

Might like a bit more room at the bottom for the virtual feet and wish the bit of OOF grass was not obscuring part of the tail.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

You certainly got his full attention. :) I like the soft light, setting, sharpness and eye contact. I also wish the grass wouldn't cover parts of the tail. Could you have moved a bit to your right?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Could you have moved a bit to your right?

Unfortunately no. right at the water's edge, I was. Very marshy water to go in :-)

[Stephen Stephen]

Kaustubh very nice pose on a bird I've yet to see. I like the alert look and the sharp details on the head and the eye contact.

[Doug Rodda]

Great FG and BG. Works as a Vertical as well?

[Randy Stout]

Kaustubh:

I had the exact same reaction as Mike, very nice feel. Harmonious colors, compostion. Like the water and OOF flowers in BG. Techs mentioned, but the image is still strong.

Thanks

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

OH Yes Kaustubh, simply stunning. The low angle, forward pose, soft light and colours, just shouts excellent. If I had to change one thing, it would be to blend in the grey patch on the RHS. Still, congrats on a fine image.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow Kaustubh...very appealing image!! I love the dew drops of the blades of grass. I don't mind the OOF FG at bottom left and I find the comp well balanced. I agree with Stuart about the greyish patch at right. Very well done.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Daniel, Stuart, the greyish patch is water. Hence, I dont mind it. Thx for the feedback.

[arash_hazeghi]

This is very nice Kaustubh, love the look and the enviroment, well done

[Bruce Enns]

Beautiful shot Kaustubh! I like it for many of the reasons mentioned above, soft light great sharpness on the bird, low angle and nice green background. A very nice feel to this one.

Cheers!
Bruce

[paul leverington]

Sweet as can be Kaustubh!! Beautiful clean feel to it and interesting with that pose. I feel the gray water ADDS to the shot by putting some opposition and interest to the right side. Agree to keep as is.

Paul