Black-headed Heron

[Stu Bowie]

I liked the incoming pose of the heron as he was approaching his tree perch ( a bit far to include in the comp ) and against a lovely cloudy sky. Taken at the University of Pretoria early morning.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400m
1/1000
F/8.0
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.67
Hand Held

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Stu, I love everything about this one. The pose, the light, the gorgeous sky and the comp.
The light is just special - gives the image an HDR type of look!

[Sid Garige]

Excellent image Stuart. Great background and wing positon.

[laurie golden]

Great pose with nice color in the background, looks like everything came together for this shot.

[Dan Brown]

Nicely captured! I like the wing position, exposure on the underside and the clouds!

[Dumay de Boulle]

Very nice mate, love the pose and wing detail. Maybe a touch over-sharpened on the head but otherwise a fantastic image and the clouds add a lot in my opinion!

[Chris Kotze]

Lovely landing pose captured, super colours and detail.

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the feedback everyone.

[PRABIR BHATTACHARYYA]

Excellent work!

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot Stuart. I really like the clouds and color of the sky, great pose, and great detail.
Well done.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Stuart! I like the wing position, detail and BG.

[Wynand van Wyk]

A super in flight image! love the cloudy background pose! Great detail. Very well done!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Superb shot, great composition and pose, lovely colours. I do not think it is over exposed but I would consider lowering the brightness on the bill and head, I think it will provide a little better definition and it will reduce the impression that Dumay refers to. - Let me know what you think.

[Nico Steenberg]

Super sharp and well exposed. Love that bg !

[gail bisson]

No nits from me but agree with Jonathan's suggestion of decreasing he brightness on head and neck. Great wing pose and underwing detail.
Gail

[Geir Jensen]

I love everything about this one . Wey well done.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful wing position and detail on them as well. Agree maybe a little over sharpened on the head.

[Dan Behm]

Stuart,
excellent details, love the dangling feet, wing position, and head angle all with excellent exposure. the clouds add nicely a well!

Dan

[arash_hazeghi]

missed this one, all's great Stu, tfs

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack for the kind words. Much appreciated.

[Rod Warnock]

Super sharp and simply superb overall !! Stuart !!
Best regards
Rod Warnock

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks a stack Rod.