Grey heron

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 500 f4 L IS
AV f5.6
TV 1/3200
ISO 1000
Exp +1.33
Evaluative Metering
Subject Distance 32.4m
AWB
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac

Thanks for viewing Crits and comments appreciated

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely light, colours, pose, detail and BG! Would move the bird a bit more to the left.

[Ken Canning]

Great detail and sharpness. I'm good with the comp.

[Gary Esman]

Hi Dumay, nice under the wing lighting and banking pose. Sharp and great exposure.

Gary

[Stu Bowie]

You have nailed this one mate. Great flying posture, sharp, and love the overall detail. I really like that BG - was this from the hide?

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Love the sharpness, the details and the flight pose. The green area under the right wing can be a bit distraction but it's blurred enough that I don't mind. Great image, I love it.

[Dave McGowen]

Great feather detail and sharpness. Composition is appealing to me...well done

[Dave Leroy]

I really like the dynamic pose.

DOF looks spot on also with sharpness though out.

We have lots of similar herons around here, and I love watching them but find it tough to get an interesting photo so thanks for posting.

Looks like it is perhaps coming in over some water.

Dave

[DanWalters]

Love the background color and great detail in the bird. Very sharp as well.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks for the comments guys

Stuart, it was from Mankwe, afternoon light to the right of the dead branches. It came flying in to land on the woodwork!

Dave you are spot on and the Heron was flying over water

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wonderful detail - definitely one of the very best heron in flight shots I have seen.

[Brendan Dozier]

Real nice BIF capture, Dumay. Wonderful pose, with full extentions of wings and legs. Nice exposure, with good underwing detail and even light all the way across. Well done

[arash_hazeghi]

lovely pose, details and BG. well done!

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Nailed this one Dumay! Like the flight pose, IQ, BG & composition.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Dumay! I like the sharpness, wing position and BG.

[James Salywoda]

Excellent sharpness and pose beautifully captured Dumay.