Great Blue Heron at sunrise

[Raul Quinones]

Last Saturday, early morning shot.
Mark II, 100-400Lens, Hand Held
1/2500, F5, ISO 400, PS Elements

[Tony Whitehead]

Good job, Raul. I like your choice of crop and the comp works well with the heron and sun balancing well. Colours are great. I would probably use levels to push the silhouette to solid black.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the setting and composition and agree with Tony regarding the silhouette. I might clone out the branch 'touching' the sun.

[Ron Day]

A beautiful, well composed silhouette. The dark nesting material contrasted against that striking orange sky really adds to the image, and the placement of the bird high left and the sun low right balances the image well.

[Dan O'Leary]

Really great composition and overall feel. This is Florida, to me.

[adrian dancy]

Very evocative.

[Linda Robbins]

Outstanding composition, colors and texture. Such a beautiful, peaceful image.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Great mood, comp, crop and colors! Love it as presented! Congratulaitons!

[Doug Brown]

Haven't seen much of you lately Raul. Good to see you posting! Love the color, the habitat, and the nice profile.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Great image Raul.

Love every thing about this one. I agree about the branch ''touching'' the sun and making the bird a tad darker.