Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron

[Karl Egressy]

I was in a Kwik Camo, waiting for a Belted Kingfisher that only flew by but never landed.
At one point this junior flew in and stayed for a few minutes.
After two hours I gave up on the Kingfisher for the time being.
I removed one branch going right behind the bird and a distant OOF branch as well.
Thanks for looking.

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Manual Exposure
Tv 1/400
Av 5.6
Evaluative Metering
ISO 640
EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Focal Length 700.0mm
Flash turned off.

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

The greens in the feet and lores are neat, the latter sets off the eye well, like the raised foot pose. The green on the perch adds a lot, and I like the pano crop, fits with the tight rope walking theme.

Bird has a nice angle in the frame

Making lemonade here( king fisher didn't cooperate), well done.

Cheers

Randy

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Nice raised foot and PS work in removing the branch. Love the grren in the lores as well.

[Paul Lagasi]

Juveniles BKNH are tough to photograph, out in the open (in our region), getting this bird strutting his stuff on a log, leg raised is a keeper...sharp, true colors, nice bkgr...well done Karl
Maybe we'll meet again, in Algonquin this..dare I say...winter.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely pose with the raised foot, nice colors and eye contact. Very lovely image Karl.

[alwan sadagopan]

Beautiful image! Loved the raised foot pose!

[ramesh anantharaman]

What makes this image for me is that subtle head turn and those funny red eys looking. the rest of the image is also a treat though..

[Melissa Groo]

Love the raised foot and the wonderful detail, Karl, nice job. BG is lovely and comp is perfect.

[arash_hazeghi]

great shot Karl, love the BG and details!

[Sid Garige]

Complementing background for this guy Karl. Very nice job.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice pose and colours. I love the wet footprints this guy left behind it!! The brightest vertical streak at tail tip could be toned down, but great job with the post processing.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Nice foot up pose and great BG...Love the eye!

[gail bisson]

The wet footprints are the icing on the cake with this image. I love it Karl! Well done,
Gail

[Arthur Morris]

Been trying to get to this for two days . Lightened face and eye with Tim Grey non-destructive Dodge and Burn and sharpened a bit more at 100/.3. Ditto all the positives above.

[Karl Egressy]

Been trying to get to this for two days . Lightened face and eye with Tim Grey non-destructive Dodge and Burn and sharpened a bit more at 100/.3. Ditto all the positives above.

Thanks, Artie.
It looks nice and sharp.
It happens many times; you wait for some bird and some other show up.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks, Artie.
It looks nice and sharp.
It happens many times; you wait for some bird and some other show up.

YAW. Been there done that a few times in my 28+ years of doing this