Blue Heron Catches a Fish

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Description

Here are four photos from a series of about seven photos that I took of a Great Blue Heron catching and eating a fish. The fish put up a bit of battle (as much as it could) before being devoured.

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I am looking for feedback about how these photos work as a series. I have about seven or eight total, but I chose these as they (to me) show that the fish was still alive and tried to escape. I have others that show more of a a “spalsh,” when the heron first brought the fish out of the water, but these seem a bit cleaner to me. It was very low tide, and the algae in the water is a bit of a distraction, but I do like the reflection.

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Nikon Z50 II and Nikkor 50mm-250mm lens. Cropped and edited on On 1 Photo Raw.

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The four together certainly show the viewer what is going on here Richard, the Herons efficient way of catching and dispatching of its prey. The series works.
I think that the third frame also works well as an individual shot. I notice that the first frame has the fish somewhat darker than the rest.
The reflection works nicely, but you have lost a bit of detail on the birds head through a tight crop or over processing possibly.