Bittern w/snack

[Todd Frost]

It has been a long time since I last posted anything, comment or image. Hope to get back into the swing of things. First opp with a Bittern. Hope you like.
D300, 400 2.8@f5, 1/640, spot, manual metering, cloudy wb, iso640

Thanks for looking, all comments and critiques appreciated.
Todd

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice capture, Todd. Lovely feather textures and sharpness. Captured prey is a bonus. I would crop in a bit tighter, especially to lose the muddy patch on the right. Not sure what is causing the blur on the left as all seems in the same plane and the rest is sharp.