Great Blue Heron

With inspiration from all the great photographers in the network I’ve been trying to work on my birds in flight skills. Here is an attempt from the other evening. What do you think about the crop?

What technical feedback would you like if any? Any

What artistic feedback would you like if any? Any

Pertinent technical details or techniques: Nikon D7200; 100-400 mm @ 400 mm; ISO 2000; f / 6.3; 1/2500 sec.; Handheld.

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This looks pretty good to me Nick. Great Blue’s don’t fly all that fast so I think you could have shot at a bit lower iso and gotten better image quality. Composition wise I would crop a bit from the bottom. Exposure looks good.

Thanks Nate for the suggestions. I’ll have to try that crop.