GREAT BLUE HERON

"Nothing special about the composition". I just wanted to show a perfect GBH in wonderful very early morning light hunting amongst cypress trees. This had to be one on the best looking GBHs I've ever photographed. Not a feather out of place.
The image was made at 7:17am. Out of curiosity I checked sunrise for that day and it was 7:17am. The light was very low because of clouds.

From truck window with bean bag. Processed in Nikon Capture NX and Photoshop CS.

COMMENT ON CRITIQUES ALREADY REC'D: I have images of this bird with just the 500mm and some with the 1.4x TC. I knew it was tight in the frame with the 1.7x TC but it was my attempt to show the beautiful plumage up-close, at full frame and that's why I first stated, "NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE COMPOSITION".

Full Frame

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time: March 13 @ 07:17am
Model NIKON D200
Flash Used Never
Focal Length 850 mm (Nikon 500mm VRII + Nikon TC17EII)
Exposure Time 1/40 sec
Aperture f/8
ISO Equivalent 280
Exposure Bias -1
Metering Mode matrix
RAW
Exposure Program aperture priority