bittern

[stuart wanuck]

nikon d 300 iso 400
m 1/250 @ 6.3
300 mm

[Andrew Merwin]

Very nice—great detail, sharp, wonderful feet & legs & I like the diagonal perch. I might remove the leaf in the LLC & maybe add some space above the bird. Is this a vertical shot?

[Ian Cassell]

Hey, Stuart, congrats on getting one of these elusive birds out in the open! Techs look good to me on my crummy monitor at work. I agree with Andrew about the leaf in the LLC and, rather than cloning, I might be tempted to crop immediately above it (although the junction of the two branches with the bird does look nice ... )

[stuart wanuck]

HoriZontal

[Humberto Ramos]

Hi Stuard,
Also agree with Andrew, but IMO, if in the horizontal shot the bird isn`t too tight, I would leave it horizontal.

[Colin Knight]

Looks a bit cold on my monitor, anyone else? Warm it up a bit? Otherwise LOVE the perch and that beautiful habitat.

[Joe Senzatimore]

This is not an easy bird to get , and to get one this nice is a plus. Fine exposure , detail and composition. Nice inclusion of the environment as well.

[Don Lacy]

A very elusive subject not to sure about the comp i would take some off the right

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent pose and a nice perch. I like how he is hanging on to the perch. It's a very nice delicate specie.

I see some noise in the BG.

[christopher galeski]

nice image,love the colors,perch and pose,agree on noise in the BG,and removel of the leaf.well done.

[Grady Weed]

I am with Joe on this one. Love it as is. A hard to get image of a hard to find bird. I have only 6 in all my years of trying.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Like the bird, yes they are hard to find, at least here where I live. Nice pose and environment. NR on BG would make a better picture.

[Satish Ranadive]

Fabulous image with excellent pose, perch and backgrounder.