Yellow-crowned Night Heron juvenile, portrait

[Bill Dix]

From JBWR in early August. C&C appreciated.

D7000, 500f4 + 1.4, ISO 2000, 1/1000s @ f/7.1 manual.

[Melissa Groo]

Beautiful head portrait, Bill! Love that coil to the neck. Excellent sharpness, detail, and background. I find the slanting line in the background that touches the beak to be somewhat distracting. But really lovely overall.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Bill, a good angled pose, with excellent all round detail. I especially like the eye, and the YCNH stands out nicely from the lighter BG.

[Jonathan Ashton]

The portrait holds my eye very keenly. I love the direct contact with the bird's eye, the plumage detail is excellent. There is good contrast between the subject and background. I see the minor distraction Melissa refers to but I must admit that it is only since she mentioned it.

[Marina Scarr]

Very pleasing portrait, Bill. The head is so large in the frame and sharp that I don't find the BG distracting. Loving the ruffled look.

[gail bisson]

Very nice portrait! I like the ruffled feathers and the clarity of the eye. Very good composition,
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Awesome close up, Bill. The details are just amazing. Love the ruffled feather on the head, HA and DOF.

[PhilCook]

hehehehe...." My what a big head you've got " cant think of a single way to improve on this portrait Bill, stunning fine detail and such wonderfu eye clarity

[Satish Ranadive]

Bill Sir,
Gorgeous portrait.Love it.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks everyone.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Great portrait. Like the excellent feathers details & HA.