The hunter takes his stance.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I had a great time observing the hunting behaviour of this Great-blue Heron. All of it's catches were rather small, but the hunting technique itself was remakably intense! I am undecided about the larger bubble...I may just decide to eliminate it...

Canon 40D + 100-400L @ 400mm, aperture priority, 1/1000s., f7.1, ISO 500, -1 EC, handheld.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I am with you about the bubbles, I would remove them, other than that, I love the compo, the side light, the intense look and pose and the sharpness, Big congratulations!

[Greg Basco]

I agree with Ramon about the bubbles and about it being a great shot -- very different and with a fantastic composition.

Cheers,
Greg

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Lovely light & I liked the tucked-in pose especially - watchful & ready to strike...

[Trey Barron]

Nice pose and different. I agree about the bubbles being removed.

[Vincent Grafhorst]

Lovely pose and reflection Daniel. I will be the odd one out than, I have no problem with the bubbles...

[James Salywoda]

I like the low hunched position posed by this GBH and you captured this in some nice light with beautiful BG colors.

[Juan Aragonés]

Very unusual image but really good in my opinion. Love the reflection of the bird, the pose and the low angle. The side light adds a lot of dramatism to the scene and Imy vote goes to clone out the bubbles!

[Linda Robbins]

Interesting image. I seldom see them hunting in such deep water. I like the pose and composition. Another vote to get rid of the bubbles.

[Haim Ziv]

Beautiful!!!