Pond Heron in action

[Atul Sinai]

This was captured along the coast of river Mula. This was action of the heron just after it had eaten a fish. Had to shoot through the clutter of branches.

Please critique !
Location: Pune
Canon 7D. 400mm f5.6
Manual Exposure
Auto Focus
Manual metering
Shutter Speed 1/1000
Aperture 5.6
ISO 400
Focal Length 400mm
Cropped by 22%
Tripod Support

Thanks!

Regards,
Atul

[Joshi Bhavya]

It is tuff to take bird shot in between branches.. you manged well.. got nice action to captured.. TFS

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Nice one Atul..

[Mrudul Godbole]

Its good you got most of the heron in clear. Good eye contact. The flying water droplets look nice. Liked the colours. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Tough to shoot through vegetation. The eye contact is there, however in this case critical sharpness is not there, I guess because the head is away from the leg and away from the plane of focus. The flying droplets look nice. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image Atul. The spiked hair and water droplets add to the image. Agree on the previous comments. Still feel a narrower aperture could have helped.Thanks for sharing.