American Bitterns Wings Up Positon

[Anita Rakestraw]

A while back, I posted an image of a bittern flying with wings more or less down, because it was the sharpest of the shots I had. Brian Wong suggested merging the relatively sharp head/neck with an image that had the wings up, so here it is.

5/11/08, 7:30 p.m.
1DMk III, 1-400mm IS @ 380mm, handheld
ISO 800, 1/800, f/6.3, EC 0

[Katie Rupp]

Good work with the merge! Looks like he/she? is on a mission...I like it.

[Gus Cobos]

Great capture Anita. I like it. It looks like your bird is flying at super sonic speed...:eek::):p:D Congrats...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Excellent work Anita and what a bird !!!! Love it !!! Personally I think this is the wave of the future for capturing images. If we are able to come up with this .. why no?

Could crop a little top and bottom to streamline the image !!! Big Congrats !!!