Curious Pond Heron.

[Satishchandra Ranadive]

This Heron was very curious and was looking at the lens very curiously. Cropped, sharpened and denoised. Background is half dried vegetation and distant green plants.
ISO: 500, 1/500 @ F: 5.6.Evaluating metering. Exposure bias: +0.3.
White balance: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.
Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are highly appreciated.
Kind Regards.

[Mrudul Godbole]

I liked the composition and the colours. Good eye contact. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice imaginative image. It is creating some optical illusion in my mind.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Atul Sinai]

Nice composition and details. Loved the elongated neck. TFS

[Prasad Dingankar]

Nice Image, from which side it is cropped? was the body in full in original image?

[Satishchandra Ranadive]

Nice Image, from which side it is cropped? was the body in full in original image?

Attached is original image.
Thank you all for your kind comments.
Regards.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice pose.

I guess you are using the central AF point? That makes the bird centered. I think using a peripheral AF point and including more space at the bottom would have been also nice.