Western reef heron

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 500mm f4 L IS ISO 200 1/2500 sec f4.5
All C&C welcome.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture Jonathan,sharp with good detail,like the running pose,the color of the bird goes with the color of the water,wish the head was more towards us but I suppose it has to look were it is going,well done.

[John Robinson]

Wierd loking guy Jon ! Love the feet !
Maybe a little more space on the right for it to run into ?
Cheers
John

[Raybel Robles]

First time I have ever seen this Heron. It is almost like a mix version of a Little Blue Heron with the feet of a Snowy Egret :)

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice capture Jonathan. Beautiful image of a bird I have not seen before. I agree on possibly adding more space for it to run into, but still nice as it is.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Jon, excellent exposure on the heron, and I do like the running pose - was he after a fish looking at that concentrated stare ahead. Im fine with the placement, as you are showing off the trailing wake.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the running pose, trailing water and water drops. I would like to see a version with more space in front of the Heron. Very well done Jonathan!

[Mike Poole]

Great timing with the running pose and the trailing water. I've never seen one of these photographed in Britain before, was this taken abroad?

[Terry Johnson]

Jon, an unusual looking heron. Great shot and good composition...Terry JOhnson

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice running pose, and I like the "Snowy Egret-like" golden slippers. Good wing positions, especially the far one. Although perhaps an illusion, I feel that a bit of CCW rotation could be good here.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much everyone the image was captured in The Gambia. The image rotation - well your guess is as good as mine, I grabbed the image as soon as I saw the action, the original is about 45 degrees to this one!