GBH and the eel...

[gail bisson]

The weather here in Cape Breton this weekend has been lousy as Hurricane Ophelia brushes the coast. However, there was a lull yesterday am before the rain and I watched this GBH catch 5 flat fish and this eel. He wrestled with it for 3 minutes but the eel won. It was a dark and cloudy morning...
I practiced checking histogram and making sure that I was to the right.
Canon 7D
F4 500mm
SS 1/1000
ISO 800
F 5.0
Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks
Cropped by 30% from top and left
LR3 and NR and USM in CS5
I considered upping the contrast but I like the softness
Gail

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Gail,
I like the detail, the background and the action of the heron with, I would assume, an eel.
The mistiness adds to the atmosphere. I would however, crop to just below the reflection to prevent a sandwich affect.
Well done and thank you for sharing.

[Chris Kotze]

Super low angle and lovely colours and detail, great catch

[dankearl]

Very pretty photo. I agree with a bit off the bottom and some more at the top if you have it.
The BG color is so nice I would like more of it.
The Heron is sharp as can be. All in All, it looks like a nice watercolor painting.

[Mital Patel]

Gail,

You have got the bird in perfect sharp situation and the prey is plus .
Yes i would also crop off lil bottom.

But the biggest difficulty for me IMO is the glow where birds back gets mix and makes it hard to differentiate. Would have been good few feet on your right the shooting point to avoid the glow.

[gail bisson]

Thanks everyone. I will take a bit off bottom and add more on top.
Mital,
I hadn't noticed the glow. Good catch. I Will tone it down,
Gail

Mark,
It took me awhile to understand "the sandwich effect but now I get it!!
Gail

[gail bisson]

Here is the repost

[Arthur Morris]

Repost is perfect. Nice HA, soft light & eel. Sharp too.

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Gail,
WOW!!! Repost is great, well done and so much better.
TFS.

[Kiran Poonacha]

repost works great Gail, loved the moment and the low angle works well..

[Gary Esman]

Never have seen a GBH with an eel. Very cool. Love the RP. Interesting background and compliments the GBH.

Gary.

[Mital Patel]

Now the difference is there Gail.

Cheers

[Nico Steenberg]

Great angle and DOF with nice soft colours and catch is a big bonus. Super shot

[Danny J Brown]

Hey Gail,

Sweet catch and repost. You don't see too many with an eel; too bad he didn't get to keep it. Nice work.

DB

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent low angle, superb action and nice setting. The repost is perfect. Nicely done Gail.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image Gail! I like the soft light, action and BG. The repost brings out the potential of your image.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice low angle and the delicacy meal is a bonus! I might crop tighter a bit