Grey Heron

[Stu Bowie]

Shot over a small dam near my house close to Pretoria, South Africa. These guys would swoop down from the trees to go and fetch nesting material, and this posture was captured as he was gaining height again.

Canon 20D
100-400 L IS USM @ FL 400mm
1/500
F/8
ISO 400

[Juan Aragonés]

Great wing spreading and really nice to see the underparts of the heron iluminated with such a nice light. The breeding colors of the bare parts are really good and I like a lot the BG.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Very striking composition and I love the light and over all flight pose you captured here Stuart. Great timing !!!

[Maxis Gamez]

Lovely composition and light on this one. Excellent work!

[Linda Robbins]

Lovely flight pose and beautiful light. Beautiful detail and nice background. Well done!

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the kind words. Much appreciated.