Great Blue Heron Autumn Evening

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1DmarkIV ISO 640 F/5.6 400mm 1/2500 SS -1/3 EC Hand held

Hey Robin, welcome to BPN!!

Lovely image to start with! Nice exposure, colors, and sharpness. The composition is good but a little tight IMO. There is evidence of some post-processing work on the bottom and right sides.

Looking forward to more!

Strong image, great contrast, super colour, only nit is a little tight in my opinion.
Nice one

Tim

Little tight for me too, but looking good. Ideally the bird would be parallel to the sensor plane an not flying away. Still well done and I look forward to more images from CT. :)

A little too tight for me as well, but the bird stands out quite well against the contrasting BG. Lovely freeze here.