Bird in habitat: Green heron

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400 f5.6L wide-open. iso 320. 1/500s. exp. comp +1 1/3. fill flash. on bean bag. Cropped only for composition.

All C&C welcome and appreciated.

[Doug Brown]

Were you in the water to get that nice low angle? Like the pano crop Kaustubh. I would sharpen the head a little more and remove the dark area around the front of the bill.

[Krijn Trimbos]

It looks sharp to me, but agree about the dark patch behind the bill. Love the low angle and attentive pose. TFS

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Were you in the water to get that nice low angle? Like the pano crop Kaustubh. I would sharpen the head a little more and remove the dark area around the front of the bill.

I was on the bank at the edge of the water. I took some at eye-level also...but liked this lower angle better. This was a very cooperative bird and I was able to spend time and explore different angles. I had posted one earlier that has the bird more parallel and cleaner BG.

http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?66006-Concentration&highlight=

Price I had to pay was a belly full of chigger bites :-)

[denise ippolito]

Kaustubh, Very nice low angle as mentioned. Excellent sharp details and agree w/ others regarding the dark spot. Very nicely framed.

[Connie Mier]

Love this! Lighting, exposure, background, the bird, it's perch, all works for me.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Kaustubh, thanks for getting the ball rolling in this month's project:cool:. As already mentioned you have yourself a very impressive low angle. Dark spot has already been mentioned. WTG!