Great Blue Heron

[Raul Quinones]

From Anhinga trail, ENP.
Early morning morning, foggy conditions... I did not know what to expect shooting with foggy conditions, but I like the results, nice even light.

Canon 40D, 500mm f/4, 1.4TC, Flash + Better Beamer
1/100s f6.3 at 700.0mm iso200, Flash set -2

comments and recommendations are welcome.
Raul

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very nice portrait. I like the details and soft light. It might have a slight magenta color cast, I'm not positive though.

[Gus Cobos]

Very nice results indeed Raul,
I like it very much, the soft light of the background makes the bird stand out.. Composition is great...:)

Congrats...:D

[Rene Quenneville]

Nice portrait. I like the head angle. You could try to dodge and sharpen a little around the eye.

[Leroy Laverman]

Nice portrait. The contrast looks a little high for a soft light scene and the catchlight in the eye doesn't look right for the light. Here's a lower contrast version with the catchlight removed. I tried adding it back in another location but I couldn't find a spot that matched the light in the rest of the scene.

[Arthur Morris]

I like both versions, especially the head angle

later and love, artie

[Raul Quinones]

Thanks all for comments.
Leroy the catch light came from the flash... for this shot I either set the flash compesation to -2 or -3... deciding the right amount of contrast is incredible difficult for me...
Thanks
Raul