Bird Photo Competition 4 2015 : Entry Number 148

A beautiful autumnal scene provides the perfect setting for this environmental portrait of a heron

Thank you so much for the honor. This was taken with my trusty Olympus OMD-EM5 and some enhancing was done in Lightroom. My name is Rhiana Roque and I am from Los Angeles, California. This was taken in Kyoto last fall, in the pond surrounding the famous Kinkakuji or Golden Pavilion Temple. There were many cranes, ducks and other birds whose beauty did not pale next to the majestic gold-leaf gilded temple.