White-faced Heron with breakfast

[Scott Turner]

A White-faced Heron gulping down some breakfast in the very early morning. You can see that look in the eye hoping that I wouldn't stop him eating.

Canon 1DX & 500mm F4 + 2xTCIII 1/1600s @f8 ISO1250 - sharpened with a 50% unsharpen mask and did background noise reduction with Topaz Denoise.

[John Cooper]

Hi Scott - you have caught the action here nicely plus good feather detail. The two tones of the water also work well but I would like to see a little more canvas at the bottom and a small crop off the top.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,good timing,nice detail,agree about more canvas at the bottom.

[arash_hazeghi]

sharp with dynamic pose in good light. good details. It is too tight at the bottom of the frame, needs some room for virtual feet.

TFS

[Scott Turner]

Thanks for the feedback everyone :)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Way too tight for the feet. Even with birds' feet underwater it is a good idea to leave plenty of room for the "virtual" feet there. I cannot see much detail in the white cheeks so I wonder if you had overexposed the file?

Nice action though.