Yellow-crowned Night-Heron over Mimosa

[Bill Dix]

Another juvie YCNH from Ocean City Rookery last month, captured just after take-off. Mimosa blossoms (Albizia julibrissin) below; salt marsh in the BG. C&C always appreciated.

500f4, ISO 1250, 1/2500s @ f/7.1 manual, Gitzo and Mongoose.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Bill , lovely image with great colors and overall nice details .
Well framed and the HA and wing position are working well together .
I just might drop the blues sightly in the shadow areas , just my 2 cents .
Lovely work , TFS Andreas

[stuart wanuck]

nice job good action image

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Excellent capture, Bill. Like the dorsal view, wing position, and crop keeping the blossoms in the frame. Well done.




Geoffrey

[Karen Pleasant]

Bill, I always enjoy your images, and this is no exception. Excellent take off shot with excellent head and body position. Wonderfully sharp eye! Lovely soft background. Very nicely captured and processed!

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Bill! I like the wing position, sharp eye, OOF blossoms and composition.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Bill, excellent flight pose, sharp and the YCNH really pops against the BG. Well captured.

[keith mitchell]

Bill this almost jumps out of the frame, excellent flight shot.


Keith.

[adrian dancy]

A striking and impressive image Bill. Techs look good and so too composition.

[Mervyn Marsh]

top shot, love the flight pose. wd

[Lorant Voros]

Very -very nice, Bill. Nice feeling of the environment with the washed out BG and flowers. Super good work!

[John Robinson]

Cracking flight shot Bill. Like the Mimosa too- got some in my greenhouse.
Superb IQ
John

[gail bisson]

Love this image. Great BG with the flowers and a nice wing position.
IQ is superb-love the detail in the eye.
Well done !

[Bill Dix]

Thank you all for your kind comments. I'll have to admit that the moment I clicked the shutter I knew I would like this one. I turned to my wife and said "We can leave now." But we stayed at the rookery for another hour and a half, and did get some more shots.

[Karl Egressy]

Wow, great take off shot, Bill.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent flight shot. Beautiful colours,BG, nice details and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[Bill Dix]

Thanks Karl and Satish.