Another Black-Headed Heron

[Morkel Erasmus]

Another shot from my first real "birding" test of the D7000/500mm combo.

Techs:
Nikon D7000 with Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II (handheld)
f7.1 @ 1/1600 SS @ ISO-500
EV +0.3

All C&C most welcome...

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

MOrkel, very nice composition and wing position. good to see the feet not blocked by the vegetation. You placed yourself perfectly for this shot.

[Randy Stout]

Morkel:

As KD mentioned, excellent pose, framing, timing. Love the two birds on the right. Sharp and well exposed.

To my eye there is a green cast to the image. I don't know these birds, but they look greenish to me.

I did Robert O'toole's average color blur tech. and it looks a bit better, not so green.

Just an option.

Cheers

Randy

[Melissa Groo]

Randy's repost looks better to me in terms of the color. Now it is just a cracking great shot all around, love the pose and head angle of the incoming, and the feeling of anticipation of those waiting on the right. Great light and sharpness. Wonderful job!

[Herb Houghton]

Nice clean spread in this landing shot. I agree about the greenish cast, the repost does look more natural, color wise.

[Craig Kerr]

A beautiful landing and composition Morkel... Ditto re-post looks better on my screen.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Thanks for the feedback, folks. I normally am quick to notice a cast so thanks for that Randy...