Grey Heron with a catch

[Atul Sinai]

Hi,

Shot this one on sunday along the coast of river Mula. I had gone to capture painted storks which have arrived here a week back. Grey herons have been there for quite a while now.

Have positioned myself before they arrived. After being there for over 2 hours, I was able to capture this action.

Action happened quite a fair distance away from where I was located.

It was pleasure to watch grey heron dive in and come out with this fish. Then it flew across into the tree branches and finished it in no time.

Will post the images of painted stork latter.

Please critique

Canon 600D. 400mm f5.6
Manual Exposure
Manual Focus
Manual metering
Shutter Speed 1/1250
Aperture 7.1
ISO 400
Focal Length 400mm
Cropped by 45%
Handheld

Regards,
Atul