Pond Heron.

[Satish Ranadive]

ISO :1250, 1/2000,@5.6.Shutter priority, Exposure Bias,+0.7,Pattern metering, 550D,100-400.

Thanks for viewing ,appreciation, comments and critiques.
Kind Regards.
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

nice action here Satish,some nice detail,would have been better with lower angle,but don't know if you could have got lower.TFS.

[Bill Dix]

Good one, Satish. Great wing position, nice water splash and lovely light. Good detail on the near wing; slightly less so on the head (DOF?).

[Pao Dolina]

Such a playful image and lovely light.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super exposure and nice action, I am sure it is easier said than done but a lower angle would have made the image more dynamic.

[Walker Noe]

Nice exposure and action. I would like to see a bit faster SS to freeze the wings.

[dankearl]

Nice bathing photo of a heron I am not familiar with....

[Daniel Cadieux]

We don't often see herons bathing so for that reason the image is special. Nice raised wings and water splash and drops. Bummer that there seems to be a drop slightly obstructing the front of the eye, but all-in-all a very enjoyable image.

[Robert Kimbrell]

An attractive image Satish, I don't know the heron, and as Daniel mentioned, rare to see them bathing. Nice light on the open wings.

[gail bisson]

Love the light. Very unusual to see them bathing so congrats on this action shot.
I think the face could be sharpened a bit.
Gail

[Satish Ranadive]

With my sincere apology to all members,
All of you are right about Pond Heron. They do not take bath.
This image was stored in a folder of Activities of birds on hard disc and while searching for images of bird bathing, unknowingly, I have uploaded in Feb,2015 Theme.
I request to moderators, please remove it from the theme.

Thank you all for your feedback and appreciation.

Regards,
Satish.