Cooperative GBH

[Daniel Cadieux]

For our overseas friends GBH = Great-blue Heron. This fella was quite the poser as it preened and stretched for a long while merely 8-10 feet away. This full frame image was taken between preening sessions at a moment I thought the head angle was at a premium (it spent alot of time looking just ever so slightly away), and with the wind giving the long plume a nice curl :-)

Canon 40D + 100-400L @350mm, 1/250s., f/8, ISO 400, +1.3 EC, handheld, full-frame.

[Milo Burcham]

Excellent portrait. Love the crazy plume and neck feathers

[Ramon M. Casares]

Wonderfull and very nice, full of texture and color, the sharpness and the fact that it is a full frame makes it even better, I would've just darken a bit the BG to get more contrast especiallywith the chest feathers.
Congratulations! Nice one!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the composition,eye contact and pose!

[Wayne Wood]

Very nice Dan and it was especially nice to see that "Blue" is back on his spot and still allowing us very close approaches,,, :-)

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Another of your great images.
I agree with Ramón about the darker BG.

[Stephen Stephen]

Dan wonderful protrait. It looks as if our friend is up to his old posiing tricks again. I'll have get to the park to see him soon.