Comment from DawnHold
What a stunning and lucky capture! Very nice composition, good colours and stunning focus on the heron showing lots of detail and a nice depth. What an awesome find, lucky you! Well done.

 Comment Written 16-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 17-May-2013

Thanks so much Dawn!

Comment from gidavidson
You have gotten some really great shots on this rare and unique looking one. So colorful. You have captured this one with wonderful focus, frame and exposure to show all the beautiful details. Thanks for the informative narrative.

 Comment Written 14-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 14-May-2013

Thanks George, really appreciated!

Comment from Mollie213
This is indeed a beautiful bird and photo.
Great clarity.
Great color.
Great subject.
Great story telling possibilities.
Thank you for sharing the info on the beautiful creature.

 Comment Written 13-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 14-May-2013

Thanks for this great rating Mollie!

Comment from sarnewfie
What a gorgeous image and what an education to boot! You are so fortunate to live where you do. I love the colors and sharpness to this image and it is cropped in creatively to match the description of what you wrote in your notes. Leaving to much around this one would distract from what you are portraying.

 Comment Written 13-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 13-May-2013

thanks so much for this great review Sarnewfie

Comment from Jairos
What a Color here, the shot is Excellent, good impact, very good clarity and nice detail on the Feathers, good rule of thirds well focused good camera techniques well done, - jairos

 Comment Written 13-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 13-May-2013

thanks so much Jairos for your continued reviews and comments!

Comment from adrianart
Fabulous Eileen!

All the world Bitterns are very shy the Bittern we have here in England is very elusive and not often photographed so seeing this you have dove very well just to see one let alone get a shot of it.

Fabulous detail, I love the colours and how it stands out from the greens of the foliage.

 Comment Written 12-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 12-May-2013

Thanks Adrian!

Comment from Regina E.H-Ariel
Wow, this is an outstanding bird with a very beautiful body design, seems to have different habits too as other have - your shot is handsome and so brilliant in colors and contrast - amazing how the different greens are standing out one by one - very nice frame - perfect angle and close up image - perfect focus, clear and sharp - very nice shot

 Comment Written 12-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 12-May-2013

thanks so much Regina!

Comment from Sange
Outstanding capture of the Female Least Bittern Adult E! What a great shot! Was sorry you did not get to see the two juveniles and their father. But was happy you got to see this pretty lady. She is actually much smaller in person than your shot shows her. You did so well with pin sharp focus, colors, details and lighting.
Bravo! Well done! So proud of you!

 Comment Written 12-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 12-May-2013

Thanks Sange, I look forward to more shots and more birds!

Comment from JB Stevenson
Great capture and beautiful color. Love the focus and detail, clarity and composition. Good detail and texture in Bittern. Excellent coloring. I like the rich, deep greens of background. Thanks for sharing.

JB

 Comment Written 12-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 12-May-2013

Thanks so much JB!

Comment from BirdsEyeView
sharp in color, detail, and contrast of landscape and natural look. the markings of bird is great. color and tones sharp, the composition nice presentation. BEV

 Comment Written 12-May-2013

---

reply by the author on 12-May-2013

Thanks so much BEV!