Green Heron

[Barry Ekstrand]

Green Heron at Bear Creek Park in Houston

Canon 5D Mark III, Canon EF 500mm f4 IS II, Canon Extender EF 1.4x III
ISO 1600, 700mm, f5.6, 1/200 sec, manual mode
Shot on tripod, IS turned off

This is the first Green Heron that I've photographed. The image has been cropped ~60% on a side, resulting in a size of 2263x1508 in the final image. Processed first in Lightroom CC, then moved to Photoshop CC where the background was darkened a bit. Sharpened the eye slightly and used Neat Image NR on the background. All comments welcome and appreciated.

Barry

[Mike Poole]

I really like this one Barry. The light shoes off the collation beautifully, and the pose, anticipating a bit of fishing, is great.

Mike

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of beautiful bird. I like the partial color scheme and details and perch.
Beautiful composition.

Regards,
Satish.