Great Blue Heron

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED shot at 270mm (405mm FFE)
1/1600 F/8 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 500
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice classic flight image of the GBH. Good and sharp. I like the subtle cloud hint in the BG. Perhaps a touch aggressive on the noise reduction on the wing though, which seems a tad "smooth".

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Agree with Daniel's thoughts. The depth added by the detail in the sky is important to the success of the image to me. Nice angle towards us.

Cheers

Randy

[stuart wanuck]

Nice joe

[keith mitchell]

Taken note on the above comments, this would certainly do for me, cracking flight shot, good work Joe.

Keith.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Beautiful flight shot Joe. I really like it.
I would ease up the NR under the wing a little, a little only.
Well done mate. Very strong image IMO!
TFS!