Tricolored 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 + Nikon 1.4 II Teleconverter, image captured at 550mm
1/2000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +1/3 ISO 800 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

[John Mack]

Classic portrait. Nice detail and framing. The blue water background is great. Maybe warm up the image a little.

[gail bisson]

Very nice Joe.
Good solid image with lots of nice details and IQ.
A bit more of a HA towards you would have been great.
Gail

[David Roach]

Another wonderfully detailed portrait from you (no surprise there)... TFS

[Arthur Morris]

Very nice and I agree with Gail -- a bit more head turn toward us would have made it perfect.

When?

with love, artie

ps: if you'd like to visit Circle Bar B, other great Lakeland locations along with a few more great Central Florida spots, and learn about bird photography near my home at Indian Lake Estates, check out The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide that I co-wrote and co-illustrated with Joe.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Very nice and I agree with Gail -- a bit more head turn toward us would have made it perfect.

When?

with love, artie


ps: if you'd like to visit Circle Bar B, other great Lakeland locations along with a few more great Central Florida spots, and learn about bird photography near my home at Indian Lake Estates, check out The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide that I co-wrote and co-illustrated with Joe.

Hi Artie, thank you for viewing and commenting. I hear you and Gail regarding the HA. I was so close to this bird and with the TC attached I think much of a head turn would have softened the tip of the bill. This image was from May 2018, recently I have been archiving and filing images and came across this image. I thought I could improve on the post processing so I did it over and then posted it. Thanks again for chiming in, very much appreciated.