Cautiously towards our pond...

Nicely framed with a sense of purpose .. very well  shot, bravo. 

I wouldn't say it's a regular street scene, but great timing and composition anyway!

Hi Ruud,

A fine Nature capture my friend. A wonderful natural setting for such a great bird.

For the Canon line of fixed focal length lens, this one (and the same lens made years ago for the FD system) have a well corrected optical design capable of delivering excellent imagery on any sensor.I have both the original FD lens and the newer EOS version. The use of a quality 1.4X extender allows this lens to continue to provide fine images at nearly 300mm effective focal length, too.

Many times , large birds are easier to approach and certainly do not require a long telephoto to make a capture like this either.

Best Regards, Mike

I like the proportions of the bird within the frame and the perceived sense of movement.

Very well done!

Best Regards

Alf

Ruud,

You caught him (or her?) well on its way to the point. I am hungry and very determined to do something about it. The colors are wonderfull, although it seems to me the bird is a litlle bit more blue than I percieve herons here in my environment. Wel seen, congratulations (7)

Herman

Very nice work Ruud!

this bird has such intent...nice work....David

many thanks for your visits, comments and compliments!

With best regards / hartelijke groeten,

Ruud.

You also like to photograph birds in the wild , ciao Giangiorgio

An excellent capture of this colorful Heron Ruud!! Great color and detail. I like the results that lens delivers!

many thanks for your comments and nice compliments!

With best regards,

Ruud.

Superb capture. compliments -koushik

Beautiful!!

many thanks for your visits and compliments!

With best regards,

Ruud.

Nice. I like how it stands out - often when I shoot these guys, there's not a great separation making them pop out from the environment.

many thanks for your comment and compliment!

With best regards,

Ruud.