Black Crowned Night Heron

[Barbara Ponder]

[bnnrcn]

Hi Barbara I would prefer to see the whole body of the bird if possible . Beautiful bird.

[Texas Dave]

You captured some detail for sure! A bird portrait.

[FootLoose]

Good portrait, Barbara. You have caught the look of concentration in the eye which makes me wonder what the subect is looking at - the next meal, perhaps.

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[Barbara Ponder]

Good portrait, Barbara. You have caught the look of concentration in the eye which makes me wonder what the subect is looking at - the next meal, perhaps.

Greg, it was watching the shrimp boat crew waiting for the leftovers!

[Barbara Ponder]

Hi Barbara I would prefer to see the whole body of the bird if possible . Beautiful bird.

Binnur I think I have a full body and I will post it just for you!

[bobfriedman]

nothing wrong with a portrait... these birds have that great red eye!...

[NorthernFocus]

Awesome detail, Barbara. The left side of the frame adds nothing to the image. Cropping to a 4x5 format with all of the removal from the left might make it more obviously a portrait. Nicely done.

[Barbara Ponder]

Thanks Dan. I actually have a couple of this particular guy/gal I still need to PP he/she had amazing detail in his feathers.

[DonnaK]

Nice work, Barbara. The feathers are just fantastic!!!

[Stagecoach]

Good capture Barbara, that eyes spot on.

[Rebel]

Lovely shot Barbara

[Barbara Ponder]

nothing wrong with a portrait... these birds have that great red eye!...

Thanks Bob, and yes I love the red eye. For such a small bird they have lots of attitude!

[Barbara Ponder]

Lovely shot Barbara

Thanks Matt!

[Wavelength]

Very nice portrait

[Barbara Ponder]

Very nice portrait

Thanks Nandakumar!

[marlunn]

Barbara, Love it really nice portrait - very intent and focused look to it - and thats what they are good at - took me back a few years to late 80's when I was in the Falklands and got a shot of one on Kodacrome 64 - must dig out those slide !

[IzzieK]

Beautiful Barbara...those details in the feathers and the concentration of its gaze is simply remarkable. I was about to comment that it must have been snooty to you thinking "Here is that bird nerd again! I will look annoyed for her!"

[Dave Humphries]

Great capture Barbara, well done.

We only find these in zoos or wildlife parks here.

Oddly, I personally don't particularly feel the heron family does look that 'angry' or 'concentrating', perhaps because I have shot our variety a fair bit, I'm just used to the look - to me they always look like this - they have expressionless faces (in my opinion).

However, I have always felt (as a species) that the Bald Eagle looks 'cross' or 'angry' - perhaps I need to shoot them more to 'get over it'