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 D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, image captured at 400mm
1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +3 ISO 12800 Auto 1 WB HH
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

[Arthur Morris]

Lovely wing position and sharp on the eye with nice soft light. Was the head in the center of the frame in the original?

with love, artie

ps: if you'd like to visit Circle Bar B, other great Lakeland locations, and a few more great spots, check out The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide that I co-wrote and co-illustrated with Joe.

[John Mack]

Nice down stroke. Really like that green background. Wish for more room all around.

[Alex Becker]

Sweet pose and interesting setting for this bird which is great. Things look pretty good for ISO 12,800. Did you add a bit of canvas below the bird? If so it looks like some cloning artifacts (right under the wings) that could be handled, but may just be the foliages. I think you could drop the exposure on the whole frame a bit, and I wonder if you could get some more detail out of the whites on the head, possibly through double processing those areas. Love the trailing feet here. TFS

[gail bisson]

Good solid image of this GBH.
I would tone down the greens a bit, reduce the noise on the wings and clean up that cloning artifact under the bird.
I like the tight crop as it really highlights the bird and gives a good view of the feet.