Opportunity to celebrate 50,000th Thread of Avian Forum : Grey Heron Landing

[Satish Ranadive]

Image was created in second week of July,2014.NR applied to BG. Evaluating metering.

550D,100-400.ISO 800,1/3200,@ 5.6, Exposure Bias +0.3. Shutter Priority.

Thanks for viewing ,appreciation, comments and critiques.

Kind Regards,

Satish

[Greg Oakley]

Congrats on the 5000 Satish - I always enjoy your images and this one is fantastic - well done!

[Joe Senzatimore]

Wonderful comp. and detail.

[William Dickson]

A wonderful image to celebrate the 50,000th Thread on this Avian Forum. Well done Satish.

[Shawn Zierman]

Nice visual impact with the heron coming almost straight at the viewer. Solid details and sharpness from wing tip to wing tip. Handsome looking bird. I like the striping in the throat plumage.

[Raymond Lee]

Nice timing! Fantastic details! The thighs are just a tiny bit hot. Otherwise, everything is superb!

[MiroslavMaric]

Hi Satish,

Great timing well done. Like the details on the wings! Wish a little bit more room around the bird. TFS. Cheers! Miro

[gail bisson]

Very nice incoming pose. Nice IQ and DOF. It can be tricky to get the head and neck in the DOF with these long necked birds and you nailed it.
I would tone down the white vertical areas above the birds' left wing.
Agree that the whites on the thighs are a bit hot and perhaps you could work on them in PP,
Gail