Great Blue Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I just got back from the marsh at Circle B Bar Reserve where I found this very accommodating Great Blue Heron. He/she let me approach to about 20 feet capturing images as the bird seem to pose.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF shot at 300mm (450mm FFE)
1/1250 F/5.6 ISO 280

[Karl Egressy]

Nice portrait shot, Joe. Like the details and HA.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent portrait. Very nice pose, beautiful colors, absolutely superb details, nice BG and composition.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

Very nice in all regards: pose, background, detail, exposure, comp. Well seen and captured.

[Marina Scarr]

Very nice details and pose and a killer BG.

[Diane Miller]

No fair living where you do!! (I need to get back there again.)

What would you think about just a little more density in the lighter tones?

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Good-looking heron. Nice clean BG and details. I would tone down the brightness on bird a tad.

[adrian dancy]

All looks pretty good to me.

[Grace Scalzo]

Nice portrait. Is that a piece of grass stuck on his neck? Pleasing background and I like the details on the worn bill.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Joseph, I like the alert pose and the light looks good. You have brought the finer detail nicely, and thats a lovely smooth BG.

This species looks identical to our grey heron.

[gail bisson]

Very nice, solid image.
Shows the feather detail nicely.

[Joseph Przybyla]

No fair living where you do!! (I need to get back there again.)

What would you think about just a little more density in the lighter tones?

Hello Dianne, thank you for viewing and commenting. Regarding your suggestion for a little more density in the lighter tones... do you mean darker or toning them down to show more detail?

[Joseph Przybyla]

Nice portrait. Is that a piece of grass stuck on his neck? Pleasing background and I like the details on the worn bill.

Hello Grace, thank you for viewing and commenting. The green area that appears to be grass on the neck is a tiny area where the green background shows through an opening between the neck and body.