American Bittern in Flight

[Jim Neiger]

Osceola County, FL - 1D3, 500mm, hand held from boat, 1/1600, F6.3, ISO 800, manual exposure

[Robert O'Toole]

Bittern in flight, how cool is that, amazing toes on this guy never noticed they were so long! Nice image.

This image is looks a little Bright, not burnt but toasty on my monitor. Would look 10X better with a more density.

You shoot 800 iso in bright light with your MKIII, must be nice!

Robert

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, pose and details. I still have to see one in flight.

[Brian Wong]

Hi Jim!
Another impressive difficult-to-find & rare flight image! How come nothing in his mouth (just kidding)! Great inspiration ...

[Lori A. Cash]

Nice flight image of the bittern, Jim. Very cool to see one in flight.

[Jody Melanson]

Nice flight image, Jim. I agree with toning down the brights a bit. Otherwise, great angle, and pose.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great light,pose and details!!!

[Blake Shadle]

I've seen flight images of American Bitterns before, but not like this! Very nice, Jimmy. The wing position is great, and I also like the head angle (even the bit of vertical lift his head has).