Tiger Heron

Great pose, John. It looks like you did a good job handling the harsh light. When I looked at the larger image, it looked to me as if your focus might have been on the body rather than the eye-but I could be wrong-the harsh light on the eye makes it difficult to be sure. The slight blur to the wing is a positive for me as it helps emphasize the motion.

Nice action pose. The light is pretty harsh and doesn't help with the overall impact. I also looked at the larger version and see that it isn't sharp where it really needs to be. Can i ask why the extra link rather than just posting a larger version here? Also you could make it easier for viewers to just click on the link rather than having just text has must be copied and pasted. Take a look at the Text Style menu for details.

Regarding comments: Keith and Dennis thank you for the critique. You are absolutely right, the focus points seem to be not just right, I was not able to put my finger on it, seemed like the wing was causing the problem. I took the lens in to the shop and they said it wasn't the lens. So it's probably the motion in the boat when doing a guided boat tour shot and my fairly recent entrance into the hobby. Great comments, seems like I have got a lot to learn.

Can i ask why the extra link rather than just posting a larger version here?

I cant seem to get a 1200X800 image down to less than 500kb.. I'll do the http://natureshues.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/tigerheron01a.jpg link.

Cool, thank you guys.