Early bird gets the worm

[Connie Mier]

Yellowcrown nightheron on Biscayne Bay; shot from the canoe this morning.
Sony a700, 70-400mm Sony lens
f5.6, ISO400, 1/640; some selective sharpening and some cropping
Thanks for looking
Connie

[Randy Stout]

Connie:

Nice catch for both of you. Good shooting angle, exposure, angle in frame, and of course, the prey.
It looks like the eye could use just a bit more work (sharpening)

Cheers
Randy

[Fabs Forns]

He does eat well :) Very nice all around, EXP, compo and light. As mentioned, the eye could be a bit sharper.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great reflection and angle. Like the eye and catch. IMG is well exposed with good colours. Maybe another round of sharpening. Well done !

[Lance Peters]

Hi Connie - like the action - prey is a bonus.
Agree that it is just a tad soft.
Looking forward to seeing more :)

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely colours and reflection here Connie...does it need a slight CW rotation?

[Connie Mier]

Thank you everyone, I agree with the softness. It wasn't the sharpest of the bunch, but I really liked the pose and worm with reflection. Morkel, I think it's straight, I believe I used a vertical line to line up the worm with its reflection. It's really tough in these settings to get the rotation to look right. I do love those worms.:)