Goliath Heron

[Ken Watkins]

This time without distracting BG, taken at Rhino Safari Camp, Matusadona, Zimbabwe

EOS1D MkIII

500mm F4 IS hand held from drifting boat

F6.3, ISO400, 1/2500

[Randy Stout]

Ken:
Nice color coordination between the heron's head/neck and the termite mound.

Sharp and well exposed. If you could have taken a frame so that you were just a bit more to your right, and the bird would favor you with his head a bit more your way, it would have been even better (no background merge)

I might try cropping down about 1/3 of the free space at the top.

Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Harshad Barve]

Ken ,
Nice image here , I would crop it from top and bottom
TFS

[Randy Stout]

Harshad:

I generally would agree about a crop up from the bottom, but the termite mound really establishes this birds environment, and I guess I would be inclined to leave most of it! Just personal preference for me.

Cheers

Randy

[Harshad Barve]

100 % agree with you Randy, I just skipped that point
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

I like the light and colours in this, and this is a first for me, where a goliath is not standing in water.

[Tony Whitehead]

Love the light and termite mound, Ken. It's hard to appreciate just how large the Goliath is unless you see it with other herons.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Love it as presented. Nice comp, perch, light, BG, detail and colors.
Congratulations!

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks for the comments, I only wish they had done some of their display more in the open, but hey it was a wonder to see.