Great Blue Heron with Fish

[Juan Tolentino]

I captured this image last year at Fort DeSoto Park, Florida, with the Nikon D750 Handheld and AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm 1-5.6E ED VR
ISO 400
f5.6
1/1600
500mm
Manual Mode
Processed on LR and PS.
Crop from horizontal


All C & C's will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for looking

JT

[Tim Foltz]

Juan, nice HA, prey, BG and detail, I would do a bit more recovery on the fish and a bit less room above the birds head.

-Tim

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the fish, sharp. i wish heron's head was parallel to the back of the camera and we could see fish's head as well. TFS

[John Mack]

Nice capture wish the fish was the other way around.

[Michael Thompson]

Nice lighting, pose and sharpness, cool background, nice detail on the fish body, seeing the face expression on the caught fish would have really put it over, but i still like it as is.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Don't these prey fish know to get caught with their face TOWARDS the viewer? Neat overall, I like the vertical comp, details, sunlit side of neck and face. Not crazy about the blue water along the bottom, but I can live with it.

[gail bisson]

Very nice image.
Agree with Daniel re: blue at bottom of frame but otherwise I think the sharpness, crop and IQ are excellent.
I am OK with not seeing the fishes eyes,
Gail

[Juan Tolentino]

Thank you for the comments and suggestions guys. Always learn from them and I really appreciate them.