Heron in flight

[PushingTin]

Its been raining lots here... today finally was a nice day and had some time to take some photos.

And I know this one aint the best cause it was taken into direct sunlight but I still like it.

Thanks for looking, please feel free to crit and/or comment. :mrgreen:

 

[matt-l]

Really cool to see the full wing spread in #1. great shots, even for heading into sunlight in #3. were you using a flash? it seems like a flash was used for 1 and 2

 

[PushingTin]

Hi thanks for the comments. Nope no flash used on any of these shots.

 

[Overread]

Fantastic shots there - really like the first with great exposure and direct eye contact! Nominated!
As for the last tricky as you have both bright light and dark shadows - I would have underexposed the shota little more to preserve details - flash would be tempting - but I would probably not have thought of using it in field on a bright day.
Great work - definatly photos to be proud of!

 

[Dmitri]

Very beautiful photos, with details from beak to toes! :thumbup:

 

[PushingTin]

Thank you all so much for the comments and advise.

Overread - thx for the nomination, wow thats a first for me.... so thx again

 

[skier66]

Real nice captures..

 

[motorshooter]

Nice images
On the next shoot try bringing down the shutter speed and panning with the bird to get a motion blur on the wings, it's tough to do but worth the effort.

 

[PushingTin]

Thx for all the comments and advice