Tri-colored Heron breeding plumage and colors

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image yesterday at Gatorland in Orlando, Florida.

Nikon D7000, 450mm, 1/2500, F/8, ISO 1250

[stuart wanuck]

lovely tri color capture love detail and pose

[Holger Leyrer]

This is a wonderful close up. It is perfect for me.

[Eric Dienesch]

Hello and wow,
its really brilliant, your close up.
A wonderful portrait.

Greetings Eric

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful portrait shot, Joe. Love the colors and textures.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[gail bisson]

This is a nice portrait Joe.
I echo the comments above but would add that I find the image a bit over sharpened ( easy fix),
Gail

[Bill Dix]

Love the breeding plumage colors that you've captured, with great detail and perfect head position (IMO). I also noticed just a slight crunchiness in spots.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Elegant portrait with tons of details Joe. Gorgeous colors on this fella. Agree that backing up on sharpening just a tad wouldn't hurt the image.
I would trade some of that SS for more DOF (and/or ISO). Nicely composed too.

[Troy Lim]

Such a beautiful bird. Very nice portrait of this bird.