Green Heron Hunting in 3D.

[Daniel Cadieux]

This guy is not spending much time looking back at the past year (although it was a good year, but rather looking strongly forward to 2018. Happy New Year everyone!! P.S. Hard to believe it's is now 10 years to the day, today, that I joined BPN!

If interested in my personal favorites of 2017, please do check out my blog here
http://www.dancadphotography.com/top-10-of-2017/

Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/500s., f/7.1, ISO 1600, natural light, handheld, cropped for comp, some areas of glare in the water removed.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:

The eyes have it here! Can't get a much more intense gaze than this, strengthened by the shallow DOF, watery background. Crop works well with this image.

Cheers

Randy

[dankearl]

I would have centered the eyes in the frame...

[John Mack]

Nice frame. Love the detail and those eyes. Your top 10 of 2017 is pretty awesome.

[Glenn Pure]

Impressive shot, Dan. The bird was clearly not aware or bothered by your presence. I like the foot visible below the water too - a nice detail that adds to that intense killer stare but glad I'm not on the receiving end of that bill. I look forward to more of your close portraits in 2018 as I like that type of shot.

[Arthur Morris]

I would have centered the eyes in the frame...

Hey Dan C. I love the image and the stare. But I love the foot even more. The only thing that bugs me is the fish goo (???) on its forehead. Dan K: with the foot a major part of the image design I am betting that that is why Dan opted for the off-centered eyes ...

with love, artie

[Bill Dix]

A unique capture for sure. I agree with Artie's take on the comp.

[Michael Thompson]

wonderful frogs eye view! (the last thing the frog would ever see!) drawn right into the intense stare, and i also love the underwater foot!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Dan C. I love the image and the stare. But I love the foot even more. The only thing that bugs me is the fish goo (???) on its forehead. Dan K: with the foot a major part of the image design I am betting that that is why Dan opted for the off-centered eyes ...

with love, artie

Thanks everyone! Artie, that foot was indeed the key factor in the off-centered eyes. I suppose a bit more canvas left, or a bit more crop right, would work as well.