Banking Black headed Heron

[Stu Bowie]

This Heron had just taken off from his nest to fetch more nesting material. They take off and then circle the tree, before heading off, always in the same direction, to fetch nesting material. The light had just come over the trees, so captured in sweet light.

Canon 1D Mark IV
100-400 @ 365mm
1/2500
F/6.3
ISO 800

Exp comp +0.33
hand held

[Greg Oakley]

A ripper image Stuart - love the eye contact and perfect wing position - great work,
Cheers Greg

[MohsenVahedipour]

Excellent warm light, wing spread, IQ & HA. Very well done. TFS

[Satish Ranadive]

Stuart Sir,
this is absolutely superb banking pose you have captured.Very nice HA, wing position, fanned tail and composition.
Love it.

Regards,
Satish.

[Nick Palmieri]

Gorgeous pose, love the detail in the wings. Really loving this one! Exposure is perfect.

[Iain Barker]

Hi Stuart

I think the lighting of this is superb and really shows of the detail in this bird. Well done.

[Daniel Cadieux]

What's not to like here Stuart! You nailed this one pretty good. There is one feather on the top wing that has some odd artifact on it (maybe just a play on light), no biggie but could be dealt with...

[Grace Scalzo]

Perfect banking pose...very dynmaic.

[Stu Bowie]

There is one feather on the top wing that has some odd artifact on it (maybe just a play on light), no biggie but could be dealt with...

Thanks Dan. Those feather markings are on the original, they look like creases. I could have neatened them up.

Thank you everyone else for the kind words and feedback.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Stuart! I like the wing position, IQ, details, exposure and composition.

[gail bisson]

Absolutely wonderful!
This is one to be printed.
Great light, tack sharp and perfect exposure. You nailed this one!!
Gail

[Markus Jais]

Hi Stuart, you nailed that one. Fantastic in every way. Perfect image quality.

Markus

[Shawn Zierman]

Gorgeous heron and not one I've seen many images of, and certainly few this nice. The head angle/wing positioning/lighting are perfect imo.

[hennieloots]

Super image. Excellent detail and plain background makes the heron stand out. Hennie.

[Tim King]

I'm sooo jealous right now. A mighty fine image. Top to bottom goodness.

[David Salem]

A bit late but had to say something when I opened up this image. Awesome!! One of your best images in a while. Love the feather detail and the pose. Very nice.