Another American Bittern In Flight.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Same individual, a few seconds earlier. A bit of a funky pose, but I like it - and I think I like the BG better in this one

Canon 7D + 500mm f/4, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/3200s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, cropped fro composition, lightened under the wing, NR to the BG as well as darkened the bottom part of it. Audio used.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer opportunity, and you made the most of it. Love the color palette and those tootsies! Only wish for a better wing position on the near wing.

[Karl Egressy]

Great opportunity and you get the most out of it, Daniel.

[adrian dancy]

Excellent detail, good light the background colours are superb. The wing positions are fine for me and the shadowed near wing helps give form to the bird. Nice work Daniel.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:
Nice angle in frame, great view of the feet, excellent bg.

I actually like the far wing better than the near because of the lighting and better detail shown.

Cheers

Randy

[Gabriela Plesea]

Brilliant image Daniel, killer BG, this is well composed and presented, great IQ. Those greenish feet are so cool, what an attractive bird, love the colours!

Kind regards,

[Andreas Liedmann]

Another great flight shot of this species , Daniel .
Love the comp/color/tones in this one . And a very pleasing soft BG .

Great job in the field and at the computer .

TFS Andreas

[Raybel Robles]

Superb flight shot. Like a few said only a better wing position would had been over the top, but still a superb image I wish I had!. I love those dangling feet and sweet BG.

[David Salem]

Nice flight frame Daniel! I really like the warm color pallet and the nice look at the head and the dangling legs. Sharp and well exposed. Nice capture

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great shot Dan, super detail in the whole colour range and those trailing feet just make it excellent!

[Ed Kelly]

Very nice BIF, great comp,color and tones. The lighter bottom part of the bg really helps also.

Ed