Purple Heron

[thereisnobeginning]

Spotted a few weeks back. The image is cropped.

[manindra_m]

Subject isolation is not that great because of which the first shot looks a bit soft and cluttered. Blame it also on the busy BG.

I would have preferred the heron facing towards me rather than flying away from me which is usual when you approach any bird. They would always fly away from you !

[Thad E Ginathom]

Still nice pictures, though :)

[thereisnobeginning]

Subject isolation is not that great because of which the first shot looks a bit soft and cluttered. Blame it also on the busy BG.
I would have preferred the heron facing towards me rather than flying away from me which is usual when you approach any bird. They would always fly away from you !

Many thanks for viewing the image. You are right on both counts. Unfortunately, it is seldom that the behavior of birds and our preferences match. In this case there was an open body of water and then a dense patch of mangroves between the bird and me. So the bird was, well, unapproachable.  I am attaching the full frame to show what the un-cropped image is like. This was taken at 300 mm focused at 30 meters, using the Nikon 70-300 kit. What a workhorse this lens has turned out for me!

Still nice pictures, though :)

Thank you.