Green Heron

I have always found Green Herons a most difficult bird to capture on the

wing. I was lucky one morning this past summer to catch this one

approaching a hunting perch.

Taken with a Nikon D200, Nikon 500mm VR lens with Nikon

Teleconverter TC17EII.

Comments good or bad are welcomed.

Thanks, Ronnie Gaubert

Ronnie, there are no concerns about sharpness here. I love the action that you have captured but I am less convinced about the contrast and framing. I think there is too much background and the overall colour competes with the bird (as I see it on my monitor). If there was more vision of the hunting post I would consider including it. The white flecks in the image are a distraction that I would consider removing. If the background were lightened a little it (but not the bird) it would help define the action. The crop that I have attached is not a solution but a suggestion toward the direction of how this image might generate greater visual impact. But in a nutshell, any framing that shows more of the bird and less of the background with a greater contrast between the two will help make this great capture stand out (it was your request for critique rather than the thumbnail that made me look at this image – and I am glad that I did).