Little Bitern and fish

[JohanMocke]

Little Bitern appears in a split second on its way with its catch of the day.

Should I clone the reeds away? Should I keep it natural!
A considerable crop
Is it worth to keep the picture?!

Nikon D700
200-400 Nikon lens, on 300mm
F4,5
Iso 1000
Bias -1
8am

[Rob Melone]

Nice light and super action shot!

[Bob Serling]

Great shot in beautiful light. It's great that you can see the feet fully extended backwards. It would be nice to see this with a much tighter crop to really bring up the details of the bird.

[John Robinson]

That is really nice- light perfect ! Quite like the left hand reeds too- putsitinto context.
Good one
John

[Daniel Cadieux]

Quite the catch here, and you got this bittern in a very nice flight pose. I'm OK with the reeds, just wish the dry leaves within were not there...tough to remove though ( I would not have the patience to do so). I would, however, remove the brighter oof ones touching the head, wing, and the smaller one between the neck and wing. Worth keeping the picture for sure. Wish to see the image larger!

[Sidharth Kodikal]

What a neat opportunity, Johan, and you made the most of it.
It's not often on sees a bitter in flight posted, let alone one with food.
Terrific pose and flight angle. Bg, reeds don't bug me.
Would be nice to see this 1200px wide.