Purple Heron

[Holger Leyrer]

Hello,

this is one of my favorite images.



Canon 1D MKIV * Canon EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM + 1.4x * f/8.0 * 1/1000s * ISO 400 * Berlebach Wood-Tripod * Sachtler Fluid Head

All comments welcome

[Frank Schauf]

Nice in habitat shot.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Beautiful shot Holger! Nise pose! A little dark IMO. I'd bring the exposure up just a tad in order to feel just a little more 'in contact' with the bird.

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb image in natural habitat. Nice pose, beautiful colour pallet and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[David Salem]

Nice to see this bird in its habitat Holger. There a few issues for me with this one. The reeds, especially the OOF one over the bird is unfortunate and the exposure looks like it needs to bumped up by a third or two. Im sure its not easy even getting a shot like this, so maybe this guy will walk into a nice opening for you one day. Nice work.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great shot I love the setting, making a selection of the bird and increasing levels just a little bit does make quite a difference.

[Daniel Cadieux]

We can nicely see how this heron got its name. I like the habitat aspect of the image, and the pose is good with a vertical comp that fits it in beautifully. I kinda like the darkish exposure. There is one oof diagonal grayish reed running across the subject that I wish was not there.