Black-crowned Night Herpn.

[Karl Egressy]

They are back. This is the first one of the season for me.
I did some blurring in the background.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 500 f4.0 +1.4x TC
ISO 400
F 7.1
1/800 s
HH

[Greg Oakley]

Wow, this is awesome Karl! Great pose and sweet light,
Cheers Greg

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of heron in wonderful lights.Very nice BG,interesting perch, bird pops up nicely against backdrop.Great red eye.
Great composition too. Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[vishaljadhav]

Nice perch, the birds position is lovely and the eye catches it all
There is a yellow light is it very early morning or late evening near sunset shot

[Raymond Lee]

Beautiful lighting! On my work computer, it looks a tiny bit soft (could also be my computer screen), but if it is soft, it could use a little bit more sharpening.

[Lyle Gruby]

One of my favorite birds! Great light, that red eye is very piercing. The bird looks sharp, but the right foot doesn't look as sharp as the rest of the bird. The blur seems to have left you with some strange outlines in the BG--mainly the L upper side and behind the bird's shoulder. Nothing a quick low opacity clone stamp wouldn't fix.

[rajojomanik]

Well done the the BG Karl, it looks like a studio setup.

[Marina Scarr]

This is a kick butt image, Karl. Lovely angle, perch, light and pose. You nailed this one.

[Karl Egressy]

This is a kick butt image, Karl. Lovely angle, perch, light and pose. You nailed this one.

Thanks Marina.
What I like about this image the most is the mood and emotions it evokes due to the raising humid air from the swampy area around.
It gives you a feeling of serenity in the middle of a bustling city.

[Derek Willcox]

nice image Karl like how you captured the mood love the red eye popping out from most of the whites and greys on the bird

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I really like this image Karl. It is very unique and I love the way he is standing on the stump. The light is gorgeous

[PhilCook]

Great composition Karl and love that posture the bird has adopted, I think a tad more sharpen would lift this a little more and a little more dof

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

I like the feel of this image Karl, nice pose, great red eye & beautiful light!

[David Salem]

One of your best images in a while. Very nice feel and mood. Sharp and exposed well and it has a neat studio quality to it. Very nice Karl!