Early Morning Heron

Tony popped into SA a few weeks ago, and he asked me to take him and his daughter Edin up to Pilanesberg National Park the day after he landed, as he said it was the best thing for jetlag. The weather was good, and Tony came away with plenty of images, especially kingfishers. Since you guys have seen kingfishers from me, here is something different from my favourite location. This Grey Heron had just taken off from the water on the far bank, and I managed a few shots in early morning light. The BG is distant winter grasses.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/1600
F/6.3
ISO 640

Exp Comp 0
Hand held

Lovely capture , Stuart. I particularly like the good detail on the underwing and the soft golden light on the head. The soft bg adds greatly to the image !

Stuart this is a excellent image,light,sharpness and deatail,pose,it as it all,well done.

great wing position and golden light!

Stuart, pleasing image. Love the light and image quality.

Light quality is outstanding Stuart... Excellent detail on the bird with lovely background colors.

Beautiful light and excellent wing position. The BG sets this image very nicely.

Carmelo

This image is all about the beautiful light.
Great wing position and slightly incoming flight path adds to an already beautiful image.
Excellent IQ as well.
Gail

Hey Stu, you've captured sweet golden light on a golden bg to show case this beauty. Flight angle is perfect and the IQ is killer.
If I ever make it there I'll be calling upon you to fix my jetlag too ;)

It's a beauty Stu, love the light and pose, the detail is great - couldn't ask for more!

Gorgeous golden light on bird and background. Flight angle, detail and wing position not too shabby either. Super shot, and nice cure to jetlag.

Excellent all round Stuart. Love the golden light TFS.

Lovely light and wing position, Stuart.

I don't mind seeing Kingfishers since we only get to see the belted ones.

Thanks a stack for the feedback and comments everyone.

Lovely image Stuart. The early morning Light has made this image a keeper.Nice Shot

Sweet light and great wing pose. Looks like your 50D still kicks ***. Fantastic shot.

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Originally Posted by Lorant Voros

Sweet light and great wing pose. Looks like your 50D still kicks ***. Fantastic shot.

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Thanks Lorant. My 50D is the only camera I have, so I have to make it work. :w3

Thanks for your comment too Sanjeev.

Stuart, pretty much perfect...the angle, the BG, light, details, DOF, IQ....excellent job with AF with that tricky BG.

Sweet light and excellent wing position and sharpness...

Stuart, This really is a beautiful image. Nice bird, and gorgeous light.

Fantastic flight shot with great wing pose. Light is awesome! Markus

What you do with a 100-400 just amazes me.
Another killer BG!

Very nice flight pose and bg colours.

Great memory of a great day, Stu. Back home and have survived the first week of work! I think I got this same bird from further down the hide- I must look through my files. Thanks for a arranging a fabulous day - we had a ball and it really sorted out the jet lag. I wish that there was as good a cure when heading back home!