Great Blue Heron with Nesting Material

[Manjesh Lingamurthy]

Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL

Nikon D700
Nikkor 200-400MM F4 AFS VR
F4 1/500
ISO 800
Manual Metering

[Sid Garige]

Like the pose and details on the beak Manjesh. See some noise in the background. Especially in the green part.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Head angle and nesting material look very good. I wish the BG were more uniform. There seems to be a slight reddish cast and I'm wondering if you sharpened the entire image or just the bird. The noise in the BG is quite strong, NR on it would fix it.

[Fabs Forns]

I am surprised at the level of noise present in this image considering the camera. Did you bring the EXP up in post processing?
I like the head angle and the fact the the whole (nice) branch is included. I'm guessing this is backlit, first light, in the first gazebo. You need to stand precisely in about two feet of space to get a totally pink BG.
With a little TLC, this could look really good.
Hope to meet you in the field sometime!