Great Blue Heron - Semi-arid Climate

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image in Bear River Migratory Refuge Yesterday.

This image represents the current conditions in the Refuge with very low water levels.

I do wish I could get a little bit more off center from composition perspective. I was in car and as soon I get out from the car to get lower perspective, he took off.

Nikon D500, 500mm f/4 + 1.4x TCIII
ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/4000 sec
Manual Mode, Matrix Metering

Post Processing:- C1P, Affinity Photo, Nik Filter and Neat Image.

I did remove couple of wires which were running parallel in the image.

Little bit of Cropping.


Hope you like it.

Thanks for watching.

Thanks
Krishna

[Daniel Cadieux]

The composition is not too bad, perhaps just a bit lower in the frame. I see you did try to go for a lower angle, the thought was good. In a way this higher perspective lets us see the dry ground, which I suspect is normally under water?

[Walker Noe]

Krishna, it looks like the image is lacking fine detail. Maybe heat shimmer killed the IQ? Good exposure, cool pose. I agree with Daniel's comments re composition.

[John Mack]

Cars work very well as blinds. The pose on the bird is nice. Don't usually see them on bare ground mostly in water.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Yes Usually This is should be completely filled with water. Some how this year, the management choose to complete cut off the water supply. I think that was due to invasive fish species.

For me the Image looks ok in terms of detail. The subject was very far off and this was a crop.