Little Blue / White Phase

[Joe Senzatimore]

From yesterdays outing. This species helped to save what was going to be a very poor day at J.Bay. Perhaps it was slow due to the P. Falcon flying around????

400 ISO f8 at 1/1600th
Cropped to Vertical for Composition.

[ChasMcRae]

Nice positioning and rippled reflection(would have preferred mirror reflection),but good to include the reflection here. Nice green background of various shades.
This white Little Blue Heron is a juvenile and not a white phase as in the Great Blue Heron.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Charles,
Thanks for the education. I thought a "juvi" and a "white phase" were one in the same. Ooops!!!!!!!

[Doug Brown]

I like the green water and the reflection. Wish the bird's head was pointing slightly towards you, and that the water was a little cleaner. I'm seeing the same color cast in this image that I did in your Tern image from the other day.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I too see a colour cast, and a fair amount of noise on the BG. I like the selected crop. The green surroundings go well along with this white juvie. HA could be better IMO. Raptors can make things slow can they!!

[denise ippolito]

Joe, Great critiques already given, I like the composition and the green water is lovely.

[Nico Steenberg]

Nits covered. Also like the comp and dark green bg. Exposure is also good. Well done !

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Agree with Doug's critique. Liked the crop a lot.

[DustinFinn]

I really love the comp and colors to this, I will have to go back to see the other image to understand what color cast some are talking about - not sure what I am missing.

Next time maybe you can slide over to get the better head angle ?

[Ed Prete]

Nice image Joe. nits mentioned, but still a great capture of something we rarely see up here.