Night Heron - pair

[Ofer Levy]

Canon 20D, Canon 400mm f5.6, 1/1000, f9, iso 400, floating hide

Got this in Israel a good few years ago but somehow forgot about it till today...

Nearly full frame

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot. Great job in getting both herons in focus, great head angles, love the light and background. Excellent comp too.
Well done.

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful light, great head angles and comp. Can't believe you let this one lie fallow for several years.

[stuart wanuck]

nice all looking the same direction well done!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent, love the light and HA for both! I also like the you got both sides!

[Sachin Saraf]

Excellent Image...Love the fact that both te birds are looking in same direction and one showing back and one from the front...perch is beautiful and so is BG and composition...

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ofer, these are deceptively difficult. DOF is perfect and so are the two HAs. excellent low angle. Not sure if you have more room in orig, but a tad more canvas above would make it better, I think. Night herons, with their large bright eyes are great subjects.

[Doug Brown]

Nice to get two perched on the same branch out in the open. Good eye contact with both birds, and the sharpness is just right. In addition to some canvas up top, I'd consider adding a sliver on the left.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Ofer! I like the HAs, sharpness, perch, BG and front/back poses.

[dankearl]

Great looking shot, Ofer.
The usual great IQ, but the poses are really nice, A picture book photo of the species.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful light, great ezxposure and I really like the composition all over. I am only wanting a tad room on the left but great as posted

[James Fuller]

I've always been a fan of the 20D...That was my first DSLR. Sweet shot, I especially like the position of the feet on the bird on the right. I played with the crop a bit and as others mentioned more room on the left, but I would add more room on the right since that is the direction both birds are looking and that is where my eye wants to go.

[Rod Warnock]

Superb image, Ofer !! Added to that seeing both dorsal and ventral feathering another plus.
Best regards
Rod Warnock

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Ofer,

I think i would remember a shot like this..
Love it and would not change a thing!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel