GBH Itch

[Dumay de Boulle]

I know the BG is not ideal (Bit Busy) but I like the pose and light.
Canon 7D
Canon 300 f2.8 L IS + 1.4 Ext
ISO 500
AV f6.3
TV 1/2500
Evaluative metering
RAW Processed in CS5

[Marina Scarr]

Had I not looked at your title, I may have thought this was our Green Heron with lighter plumage. Love the pose and light here. You have a nice angle and good details. I agree with your own critique about the busy BG.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Dumay, nice looking bird. Agree the BG is a bit busy, but you can achieve this with time, more importantly for me, you have great colour and detail in the plumage. :cheers:

BTW the location for the Goshawk was Samburu, Kenya. ;)

TFS
Steve :cheers:

[DanWalters]

Very sharp and I like the raised foot. Would like to see a little more of the other foot. The background really does not bother me.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks guys..Wow Steve good to know they occur all the way up there!

[Stu Bowie]

Hey mate, good behavioural capture, and I like the angle here. Good DOF, and I like the overall sharpness, detail and colours. The heron is separated nicely from the BG.

[Pieter de Waal]

Nice image - sharp, with good light and interesting behaviour. The bird stands out well against the background.

[Jim Crosswell]

Nice sharp detailed image Dumay!

[Arthur Morris]

Killer pose, perfect EXP, and razor sharp detail. Though I am not a fan of the BKGR it's the hidden foot that bugs me the most and you cannot do anything about that....

BTW, what's a GBH???

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks Guys...Arthur, its an abbreviation for Green Backed Heron

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Danny and thanks. I figured that :) Over here they have re-named this bird Green Heron. And to folks in NA GBH = Great Blue Heron. Just for the record. :)

[john jackson]

Hi Danny and thanks. I figured that :) Over here they have re-named this bird Green Heron. And to folks in NA GBH = Great Blue Heron. Just for the record. :)

This is Striated Heron. Green Heron is Americas only (although there is one in England right now). Nice photo.

[Arthur Morris]

I think that we will need to go to the scientific names for these as there is a Striated Heron in the Galapagos and I think that my understanding is that the bird in Africa that looks like our Green Heron is either conspecific or very closely related.

[john jackson]

In recent years generally considered three species: Striated Heron Butorides striata mostly resident in South & Central America (including mangrove habitats on Galapagos), Africa and Asia;
Green Heron B. virescens is migratory North America; and Lava Heron B. sundevalli is Galapagos rocky shores endemic.

Lava and Striated are sometimes lumped together and all three have been lumped as one. A confusing situation that may yet change again.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks John. Our guide told us this year that the striated and the lava have been lumped. Just not sure by who :)

[Dumay de Boulle]

In our books here its a Butorides striata as well.