Purple Heron

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Purple herons are colonial breeders and build a bulky nest out of dead reeds or sticks close to the water' edge among reeds or in dense vegetation.
The major threat to this species is the destruction of wetlands and swamps in West Bengal.
Clicked on July, 2016 in the wetland of Dankuni, Hooghly, West Bengal
Canon 600D, Sigma 150-600 mm
500 mm, 1/1250s, f/8, iso 800

[Joydip Mukherjee]

lovely freeze .....

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice downward stroke in midflight. Eye contact is good. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

[Sandipan Ghosh]

lovely freeze .....

Thank you Dada

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Nice downward stroke in midflight. Eye contact is good. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

Thanks for your comments... and inspiration

[Dr. Kalpamoi Kakati]

Lovely image.Nice wing position.Good details and eye contact.TFS

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Lovely image.Nice wing position.Good details and eye contact.TFS

many many thanks for the comment and inspiration....

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice image. Good eye contact. Composition wise a rectangular composition with more space on the right would strengthen the image further. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

It looks like a cardboard cutout. Have you selectively sharpened the bird.

[Sandipan Ghosh]

Nice image. Good eye contact. Composition wise a rectangular composition with more space on the right would strengthen the image further. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you madam

[Sandipan Ghosh]

It looks like a cardboard cutout. Have you selectively sharpened the bird.

In post-processing I had sharpen the image