Black-headed Heron

[Stu Bowie]

Taken at the sports grounds of the University of Pretoria last december - a black-headed heron in full flight. I will be visiting this location in the near future, so hopefully these guys are back there.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2500
F/5.6
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held

[Ken Watkins]

Stuart,


Great capture, I was struck by the overlapping "claw", looks like he is crossing his fingers

[Mital Patel]

Stuart Bhai,

Pretty Amazing capture. Resembles to our Grey Heron. Wonderful wing position and razor sharp image.

[Mark Itol]

Excellent detail and love the downstroke, Stuart.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great wings down position, and perfect sharpness. I'd prefer a better HA on this handsome fella, and I'd tone down the whitest whites near the cheek. Love the hint of clouds in the sky!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Stuart, wingposition and light are excellent. so are the details and the exposure. agree with Daniel that the hint of clouds adds interest.

if you keept it a bit lower in the frame, shooting angle may not seem as steep.

[Chris Kotze]

Superbly captured and exposed Stu. Tack sharp and lovely colours

[Steve Canuel]

Hi Stuart,
Great lines on the wing feathers and very nicely detailed overall.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful image super detail, I am also in the tone the palest plumage down just a little bit, otherwise perfectomondo.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the positive feedback and comments. Toning of the whites a touch more, noted. Thanks.

[Karl Egressy]

Great flight shot, Stuart. Love the wing position and details.

[yogesh_puranik]

superb sharpness and DOF..

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Lovely sharp image . Love the wing position too !!

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome light, pose and details

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the kind words. Always appreciated.