Great Blue Heron "A Graceful Landing"

[James Salywoda]

Great Blue Heron
Southern California

I really like the nice beautiful wing spread on these Great Blue Herons

Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/2000 F8 ISO 800

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Dumay de Boulle]

Top class detail in this one...I like the way the reflection of the water is hitting the wings....Fantastic exposure

[Stu Bowie]

Everything works here James. Soft light, good sharp detail, and you have captured a great full wingspread.

[Chris Martinez]

Holy smokes! Look at those underwing feathers. There is some turbulence going on there. The strong light really shows off each individual feather.

[Randy Stout]

James:

Very well done, both from a technical standpoint and compositional. Like the colors in the BG picking up the brown/oranges in the bird.

Great wing display, particularly like the alulas showing so well.

I could see a bit more space top, left and bottom, but very presents very well as is.

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Super! I could see this image without the blue streak along the top-right edge, but quite a visually striking image! I love the rusty thighs among the rest of the blue-gray plumage...

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi James, beautiful light on the Heron and great wing spread with good detail. Love the surounding habitat.