On the last day of the month, I was torn as to which final b&W bird to choose: chickadee, kingbird, gull, another tern? In the end I settled for this BCNH from Brigantine last fall. Cropped from horizontal.
D7000, 500f4 + 1.4, ISO 1600, 1/320s @ f/7.1, +0.3 EV
This is so nice, Bill.
The long grass and especially the plant in the water creates a very nice sense of habitat.
Nice head turn, eye contac and details
Beautiful detail in the bird Bill. I would crop some off the bottom as I don't think you need the yellow vegetation in the FG. It's bright and pulls the eye away.
I think I too would crop off the yellowish plant in the foreground, but great eye on this bird, nice light and natural habitat...love the night herons and I wish we had more than one type here
Thanks everyone. I figured some wouldn't care for the veggies in the foreground. Last fall I posted another frame of this guy, with a better pose and without the veggies, so fro this frame I decided to keep them in. I thought they made for an interesting comp, but they do distract from the bird.