Little Blue Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image yesterday at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.36 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering + 1 EV ISO 2200
Post processed in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition

[gail bisson]

Terrific detail in this image.
Good solid composition and love the calling pose.
Is there supposed to be a purple coloration on the head and neck?
gail

[Raybel Robles]

This is really nice. I have yet gotten close to a Little Blue Heron here, they seem to be very shy. Love pose and sharpness of the image.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Fantastic bird and image details. If mine, I would tone down the bright parts of the beak.

[David Salem]

Nice looking shot of this beauty. The feather detail looks great and I really like the purple colors against that green BG. Nice portrait.

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent portrait with superb IQ, great details, beautiful colors and superb composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, feather detail, open beak, composition and clean BG. Very well done Joe.

[keith mitchell]

Excellent detail and sharpness in your portrait Joe.

[William Dickson]

Beautiful details Joe. Great HA and the colours on the BG compliment the bird perfectly. Well done and thanks for sharing

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated.

Gail, the feathers on the neck are that color and become more intense when in breeding plumage.