Great Blue Heron leg blur

This image was created in the morning at 9;55am at Blind Pass, Sanibel Island, Florida during the SW Florida IPT of Arthur Morris. A Great Blue Heron was standing near the shore line eagerly awaiting a fish being thrown in his direction by a local fisherman. After the usual head shots, my eye was directed to the waves flushing water up the beach and flowing past the GBH's leg. When it reached it highest point the water resided back to sea. I went to a slow shutter speed and started experimenting with different compositions to create a sharp image of the leg with the texture and the motion of the flowing water.

This image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens at 800mm, and the EOS-1DMIV. ISO 50. Evaluative metering: 1/15 sec. at f/22 set manually.

All comments are welcome.

Thanks for looking.

Hi Clemens, this is amazing! Beautiful placement of the leg in the comp. Great sharpness to the leg and perfect amount of movement in the water. I love it. Very creative thinking!

Wow, this is quite incredible and creative! Love the water movement, and especially the detail on the leg.

Beautiful Clemens! I love the way the water wraps around the leg. Nicely composed and great OOTB thinking!

Love this one, Clemens! Very creative, OOTB composition. Really like the touch of light hitting upper leg, texture to leg, and flow and softness to water. Nice work!

Clemens, this is outstanding! I love the composition... wonderful light and angle of the water with the leg. Very creative and OOTB thinking!

This is excellent ootb thinking! The very sharp leg contrasts perfectly with the silky smooth water. Perfect shutter speed.

Jack

Very creative and well executed! I love the contrast between the sharp leg and the soft water!

What could I possibly add...nice work