Nankeen Night Heron portrait

[PhilCook]

One of my favorite birds in my area, but sadly becoming harder and harder to find.

Canon 7D + 500 f4...500mm, f5, 1/1600, ISO 400, natural light

[gail bisson]

Lovely portrait. Excellent IQ. I would like a bit more room on top and to the right if you have it.
I like the eye and the green lores.
Did you do some PP to the BG above the forehead? I see a whitish hazy halo. May just be the way it was.
I really like the complimentary BG.
Gail

[Nick Palmieri]

Great IQ. Very clean image and very nice portrait. Agree that on close look something looks funky above head but certainly works as presented!

[Satish Ranadive]

Fabulous portrait.Love the beautiful colors,lights and great details. Agree with Gail about space at top and right side.

[thijs broekkamp]

Very nice sharp portrait, would preferred some more room on the right though

[Daniel Cadieux]

Beautiful portrait with lots of good details. I agree with more room above and right, and I would have preferred a slightly better head angle (more towards us). Nice BG!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Phil, good detail captured on the heron, and overall you have exposed him very well, and brought out the colours nicely. Another vote for more room top and right, and the halo on the forehead easily fixed.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super detail and exposure, those greens around the lores are amazing. I would also go along with a more landscape format, though I can also envisage a portrait too.

[rajojomanik]

Nicely done Phil, amazing details on this beautiful bird. I agree with more room on the right.

[jack williamson]

Excellent IQ and great advice by the others, really fine detail.

Jack

[Melissa Groo]

Wonderful close up portrait Phil. Fixing the halo will put this over the top.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[Rachel Hollander]

Phil - I agree with all of the above - excellent detail and exposure. A little more room above and to the right and fix the halo will take this over the top.

TFS,
Rachel

[PhilCook]

Thankyou, must say I never noticed any halo until pointed out...will get onto it, cheers folks

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Lots of good advice above. I wont repeat it. Nice image with lots of details. Beautiful bird...a new species for me. thx for sharing.

[Robert Holguin]

Wow!!! Beautiful heron and you captured it very well. Excellent feather detail, great background, and lovely colors.
Well done.

[Arthur Morris]

Good work by all above especially Dan and Gail. I love seeing wading bird species that are closely related to our birds, in this case, to Black-crowned Night-Heron, yet are so, so different.

[dankearl]

I also agree with the comments, but this is a very nice detailed portrait.

[christopher galeski]

great portrait shot Phil,great IQ,well done.

[Ofer Levy]

Sweet portrait indeed!