Whistling heron - Syrigma sibilatrix

[Otavio]

Beautiful bird, well captured.

Hi, Monte. Thanks for passing by.

PS.: I like your bird shots a lot.

Cheers,

[Chrisclick]

Very nice shots. We do not have these Herons in Aus. I love the colours and your captures are great. It always a pleasure to see something new. Thanks for sharing these.

[Ndukes]

They are really nice Otávio. You might like to try a tighter crop on no.2 if it will take a little extra sharpening. I really like no.5 and would certainly try a tighter crop on it.

The difference between this bird and the blue heron, quite common in Ireland, is interesting with that very attractive beak.

I guess you used your 70-300 for these. A great and often underrated lens. Did you also use your 2X converter.

[Otavio]

Hi Otávio,

Good to see you posting again.

I'm another person that's never seen such a colourful Heron before.

As you say, with wildlife, we rarely get a choice of background and have to take what's there.
You could possibly do some blurring in PP with the sharpest leaves (below the chest) in #1, perhaps also in #3.

Did you sharpen the whole image, or selectively? If not selectively, that may help.

Never-the-less, a good series.

Thanks, Dave

Hello, Dave. Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it. I sharpened the whole image and will give it a try. It looks like nobody here in CIC (that includes me) never saw this beauty before. Regards,

[Otavio]

This is the first time I have ever really seen a colourful bird like this one...and my first thoughts were the sharpness. Excellent shots. How far were you from the bird? Can you please give me the EXIF? Thanks.

Hi, Izzie. Thanks for passing by. As per your request, I have included some Exif data over each image. I was about 10 meters from him when I shot these. Then, he flew away...

[Otavio]

That is a really striking bird, Otavia, and well captured. Thanks for sharing.

Hello, Greg. Thanks for viewing and commenting. Regards,

[Otavio]

Superb set Otavio.

Hi, John. Glad you liked it. Thanks.

[Otavio]

Hello,
When viewing your photographs I based on composition and color tones do like your #3 and 4. They are lovely to view. It is an achievement to capture a bird during its flight.

Well crafted!

Thank you, Pica. I am glad you liked it. Greetings from Brazil straight to Scandinavia!

[Otavio]

LC ?? I am living in the wrong part of the world. I too have never seen one and what a beauty it is.

Some excellent points already mentioned above so no point repeating.

Excellent series, sharp where sharp needs to be (bif excepted. hehe). Well done.

I will leave alone the never ending discussion about clean backgrounds and backgrounds that show the animal in its true environment.

Dear friend, it is good hearing from you again. Thanks for your comments!

PS.: You live in a GREAT country, with so many photography opportunities!

Cheers,

[Otavio]

Very nice shots. We do not have these Herons in Aus. I love the colours and your captures are great. It always a pleasure to see something new. Thanks for sharing these.

Hi, Chris. Thanks fore viewing and commenting.

Regards,

[Otavio]

They are really nice Otávio. You might like to try a tighter crop on no.2 if it will take a little extra sharpening. I really like no.5 and would certainly try a tighter crop on it.

The difference between this bird and the blue heron, quite common in Ireland, is interesting with that very attractive beak.

I guess you used your 70-300 for these. A great and often underrated lens. Did you also use your 2X converter.

Hi, Neville. Thanks for your feedback. Yes, I used the 70-300, which is really a great lens. I did not use the TC (actually I have a 1.4x instead of a 2.0x). Cheers,

[Ziggy]

Enjoyed viewing, thanks for sharing.

[Otavio]

Enjoyed viewing, thanks for sharing.

My pleasure, Jim. Thanks for viewing.