Great Blue Heron

[BCrose]

Grey skies and a grey bird...

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[Ziggy]

Very nice. Like how the bird is framed by the branch.

[Kaye Leggett]

You've done well to bring out the colour here. I also like your use of the negative space on the left, it would be tempting to crop but I think it works well as it is.

[Dave A]

The bird and branch seem made for each other. Nice image.

Dave

[chauncey]

Nice one...I do hope that you didn't need to crop it much.

[Mutley]

Lovely shot. Super amount of detail and great composition

[terrib]

Gray on gray and yet you made it work.

[John 2]

Gray on gray and yet you made it work.

I agree. Not a lot of light around to bring out some contrast but you have managed to capture all of the detail well.

[NorthernFocus]

Awesome composition and techs. The way you set this one up is an awesome opportunity for a great portrait type shot. Did you capture a similar frame with the feathers un-ruffled?

[BCrose]

Thanks for the comments, greatly appreciated. The camera settings for this was Nikon D500, Nikon 500mm f/4, 1/1600, ISO1600. Handheld from a kayak.

@Dan I did manage several shots, the grey sky was only behind the bird briefly as I drifted past.

[NorthernFocus]

This one much mobedda IMO

Thanks for the comments, greatly appreciated. The camera settings for this was Nikon D500, Nikon 500mm f/4, 1/1600, ISO1600. Handheld from a kayak.

@Dan I did manage several shots, the grey sky was only behind the bird briefly as I drifted past.