Got that sucker

Give me honest, brutal C&C please

Superb capture, I wish it was closer, but for what it is, I could not do better technically. The reflection and the shape, color, value, and DoF are superb. Very pleasing to look at. Great job! NatGeo worthy for sure.

Great shot!

It looks a bit too much on mine, too. But the look of the final print is where it will matter.

Lovely shot and a superb job of editing. The saturation looks fine to me. This is a wall-hanger for sure square crop and all!

Qbx wrote in post #15026909
Lovely shot and a superb job of editing. The saturation looks fine to me. This is a wall-hanger for sure square crop and all!

agree

I'd say tone down the greens/yellows a lil bit. I find myself wanting to look through the trees. Other than that,good job.

Oh,also...you have some blues in the trees you probably can desat as well.

WoW!!! Amazing color. There must be every shade of green in that shot.

Really a nice capture...

Thanks for the responses guys...I've got a lot of pictures of that bird that spent it's summer in our back pond,
I would set-up my tripod with a remote shutter on the pre-focused camera, sit back in my lounge with a cuppa and click away...was a tough way to spend a morning.

I like the reflection and bowed branch that creates an oval frame. I might try a portrait crop from just outside that branch.

Absolutely love the reflection of the bird at that moment.

Amazing color and contrast. The reflection is exceptional. Great job.

Very nice capture!

Not brutal but my honest cc. Greens are a bit overdone, and I think it would look better if cropped tighter with the heron more on the left and not so centered (and landscape). Was this cropped a lot already? Anyway to get closer to the bird? If this was with your 300, get a TC on there. That lens does great with one. It would be nice to see what he caught. I do like the reflection and envy that you have access to a pond like that.