I am in Virginia for a few days doing a corporate retreat thingy for work. We are at the Wyndham resorts Virginia Crossing facility which has a golf course and associated ponds, so, there being no official activities the first evening, after supper I took a walk down to the water to see what I could see. There was, surprisingly, a Kingfisher calling over the far pond, lots of dragonflies in the last of the sunlight (perhaps not so surprisingly), and eventually this Great Blue Heron standing against the setting sun reflected in the water. What could be finer?

Canon SX40HS in Program with – 1/3EV exposure compensation and ISO manually set to 800. f5.8 @1/125th. 1080mm equivalent field of view.

Processed on my Xoom Android Tablet in PicSay Pro for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.