Little Blue Heron

[gail bisson]

Took this in Fort Myers in April about 5 minutes before the sun set.
Canon 1DX
600 mm and 1.4x
ISO 1250
SS 1/1250 f 5.6
PP : 90% FF, usual LR5 sliders then levels in Photoshop, added 2% canvas on top, cloned out little white spot at top of frame, and DE at 1% to the head and neck area, USM to jPEG
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
Gail

[Brian E. Small]

Very nice image Gail.................this is actually an adult non-breeding Little Blue. Juvs/immatures are all white.

[Bill Dix]

A wonderful pose, great background, and fine techs with the late light picking out every wing feather. And an interesting bird. I always thought juvie Little Blue Herons were white, with greenish legs -- certainly the lovely light couldn't have turned pure white to golden brown? Almost like a dark morph Reddish Egret, but the bill is like a Little Blue. But not being a Floridian, I'm sure I haven't seen all the possible variations. In any case, a sweet shot for sure. Oops, Brian beat me to it as I was writing. Thanks for clarifying.

[William Dickson]

Very pleasing to the eye Gail. Love the lighting and the details. lovely colours throughout. Great work

Will

[gail bisson]

Yikes! Can the mods delete the Juvie in the title? I was thinking about the juvie blue posted below and thought I would post a picture of the adult for comparison!
A senior moment and/or a menopausal moment!
gail

[Robert Kimbrell]

Beautiful light on this guy Gail. I would have called him a Juvie also, He is much lighter than the adult Slate blue ones I see so often around here. Yet Brian is correct in pointing out that immatures are all white. The shot is nicely placed in the frame an beautiful open wings.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Very nice image Gail. I like everything about it.
Re: DE during your PP? What does DE refer to? I know DE is usually the abbreviation for Deutschland, but not in PP terms. :D

[William Dickson]

Detail Extractor Akos. Nik plugin Color efex Pro 4

Will

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Ah, OK. thanks Will.

[Karl Egressy]

Sweet light, excellent IQ and nice pose, Gail. Nice complimenting color in the background and nice POV.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, details under the wing, light, composition and complimentary BG. Excellent image Gail!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Gail a cool frame with lovely soft tones/light and colors . Composition is great and the low POV works so nice .
As a personal view i would stay away from that DE , but your and others call .

Good job , TFS Andreas

[Daniel Cadieux]

Excellent pose, light, BG, comp. Perfect head and body angles. Well done in all aspects, except the title which I've fixed as requested.

[Marina Scarr]

Terrific pose and light on this lovely bird, Gail. The feather details are amazing here. Glad you were able to photograph one in breeding colors.

[David Salem]

Beautiful pose and I really like that late evening light. The soft feather detail in the underwing is perfect and the BG complements the subject. Well done Gail!

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely light, lovely image. Thank you for sharing.

[Frank Schauf]

Great pose and fantastic light have here, Gail.