American Bittern in the setting sunlight.

[gary rouleau]

I caught two of these guys hunting at the Bosque just as the sun was setting.


Canon MarkIIn
lens 600mm f/4 Plus a 1.4x
tripod
manual mode.
iso 400 f/5.6 at 1/320

I removed a few branches around his head.

Comments.
cheers
gary

[Doug Brown]

I love the way the light just catches the Bittern. I think the pano crop works well here. A bit more eye contact would be nice. And I would remove the light gray twig in front of the bird.

[Dave Leroy]

I like the pano crop as well. Very nice soft colours. I also like the inclusion of habitat. It certainly looks like a hunting pose.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Great light on this one. Nice inclusion of the habitat.

[Arthur Morris]

The spot-lit effect is super; right on the face. I would lose the sharply focused grass behind the bird and wish for a better head turn. They surely are beautiful birds.

[Morkel Erasmus]

HA mentioned, but also love the fall of light here and knowing how shy our little bittern is I can only compliment you on getting him out in the open...

[Kiran Poonacha]

one more round of sharpen required I feel, still loved the nice effect acheived.. congrats..