Stretch

[Stu Bowie]

This Squacco Heron was fairly busy in front of the hide, and he gave us lots of opportunities to capture some action. In this, he was stretching forward to catch a frog which he was unsuccessful. Taken at a wetlands south of Johannesburg back in January.

Canon 1D Mark IV
100-400 @ 250mm
1/2000
F/8.0
ISO 800

Manual exposure

[Marina Scarr]

Killer pose/behavior. Love the colors. The sharpening on the bird is just right.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Super stretched-out pose & nice colors Stu. Just a tab more room above might be nice.

[Greg Oakley]

Very nicely timed capture Stuart!
Cheers, Greg

[PhilCook]

Very different, very likeable....I've never seen one with it's neck stretched out like this. I like the way you have cropped this as well....nothing to alter in my opinion

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, this is a striking action image, Stuart. You captured the perfect moment so beautifully. The pond with full of green is a nice contrast against the colours of the bird. Composition is really good with this pano presentation.
An image to be pround of.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very killer pose! sadly couldn´t catch its pray! nice light and habitat.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback and comments everyone.

[Amy Kay]

Great pose and lovely colours.

[David Salem]

Cool stretched out pose Stuart. Exposure is spot on in turn giving you very nice feather detail. Nice colors against the green mat. Well captured