Grey Heron reflection

[Jeroen Stel]

Here's one i recently shot in Hungary from a hide whilst on a phototour to photograph Common Cranes. Image is full-frame as the Heron came really close..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 2/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 800
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Head from a hide (with glass...unfortunately..)
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Geir Jensen]

A great picture. Maybe a little more space on top. Well done.

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Geir,

I would have wished for some more space all around but this was full frame and the bird walked by really close..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Alan Murphy]

Now that is a killer reflection.

[Bill Dix]

Perfect reflection in the nice still water, and great HA. I, too, would have wished for a tad more room at top.

[Mike Milicia]

Fantastic reflection and love the way the still water almost disappears!

In such still water, I would expect very little distortion in the reflection, so I think you need about 2 degrees or so of CW rotation to make it look natural..

[Carmelo Cannova]

Great shot and exceptional reflection.

Carmelo

[Mital Patel]

excellent composition and that perfect reflected mirror image is a huge huge plus here. superb frame i love