Great Blue Heron, bad hair day

[Bill Dix]

Cloudy day, fall foliage in the BG, wind from the west ruffling his crown feathers. Minor levels adjustment, USM, 20% crop. C&C appreciated.

D90 | 80-400 VR @ 370mm | ISO 800 | 1/320s @ f/7.1 | -0.3 EV | monopod

[Myer Bornstein]

Nice and sharp and I love the BG

[Gary Esman]

Great pose, sharp, gotta love that foot, great perch and a very nice background. Congrats!

Gary.

[Patrick Sparkman]

Nice pose, nice background, nice exposure. Just wish the bird's head was turned a little more to the right.

[annmpacheco]

I like it all and the last of Fall in the BG. Really like the one foot perch, .

thanks, Ann

[ann shiller]

Love the colors, they all go together great, and the Big Blue looks big an blue. Great work

[Arthur Morris]

Love, love, love the BKGR but not the head angle. I call this "wind against crest." Sharpness and image optimization superb.

[wendell westfall]

For me, everything is right about this image . . .

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot excellent light and colours, a tiny head turn and it really would have been quite exceptional.

[denise ippolito]

Bill, Beautiful BG colors and I love the foot wrapped around the perch. Nice details.

[A_Maddah]

Hi Bill
beautiful pose.Good details and BG.TFS

Asad

[Bill Dix]

Thank you all for the kind comments. Much appreciated.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Bill, just loved that BG. Nice perch and pose on one leg.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Only improvement IMHO would be a better HA. But otherwise the BG is wonderful as is the overall image design.