Curious Pond Heron.

[Satish Ranadive]

Taken few days back. This Heron was very curious and was looking at the lens very curiously.
Cropped, sharpened and denoised. Background is half dried vegetation and distant green plants.

ISO: 500, 1/500 @ F: 5.6.Evaluating metering. Exposure bias: +0.3.
White balance: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are highly appreciated.
Kind Regards.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely capture with good exposure and nice details. Lovely BG and I like the bird's angle and the way the bird is coming out of the corner of the frame. I would take a little off the top if it were mine.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, I like this - cool inquisitive pose, eye contact, and I like the overall detail on the heron. Love the colours in the BG too. I agree, a little off the top wont harm. Well captured.

[Shawn Zierman]

The background colors and soft light quality are working real well together here.
Heron looks excellent and your composition is solid.
I also agree with taking a bit off the top.

[Munish Kaushik]

Love the colorful BKGR, Lovely inquisitive look & stance of the bird. i would also recommend to chop off a bit from the top.

Regards,
Munish Kaushik

[Nico Steenberg]

Satish, a killer comp in my opinion and the bg adds to the IMG !! Subject is sharp and well exposed. Well designed shot !

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent portrait shot with great angle of the body.
The bottom two third of the background looks awesome.
I would take a bit off of the top as it is not as nice looking as the rest, Satish.

[Alan Murphy]

Nice sharp detail and comp. Seeing some noise in the BG.

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. Great pose, excellent comp, very nice background, and nice details.
Well done.

[David Salem]

Nice shot Satish. Good comp and details. like the BG too but a round of NR would bring it all together. Good Job.

Was going to PM you about the Question on the trapping of the falcons. I only know the trappers that trap at Padre Island, Texas. If this were on the east coast of the U.S. then they would be working out of The Peregrine fund at Cornell University. Hope this helps.

David