GBH w/catch

Gallery: AvianPosted December 28, 2009297 views14 comments

Here is the same GBH as my previous post, this time coming out of the water with its catch. I took the recommendations for more room at the front on my last post, and I do like it better. Glad it was a shot that adding canvas wasn't too hard. Thank you all for your C&Cs.

D300 w/sigma50-500mm @500
f/6.3
1/5000
iso800
Full Frame

C&C welcome and appreciated.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on December 28, 2009 at 7:58 PM

Very fine capture, Doug. Normally there would be a tradeoff to consider between cropping more to show more detail in the bird and cropping less to allow the whole reflection and ripple pattern to show in the image. Since this is full frame and the bird pretty well fills it, there is really no choice to be made. However, I think that this would be the right choice anyway since the detail and color are really great.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 28, 2009 at 8:03 PM

Look at that stab! Grea action - nice and level with a cool reflection making a nice X through the image. I think it could benefit from some brightening, or maybe a curves adjustment for the contrast.

- Luke

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Cordes on December 28, 2009 at 9:37 PM

Excellent timing and detail. I still think a bit more room on the left would be a bit better. Not bad as presented though.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 28, 2009 at 10:50 PM

Great action, Doug. Excellent dof for that f-stop. The heron seems just a bit soft to my eye.

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Comment posted by dan elster on December 29, 2009 at 12:28 AM

A beautiful, but harsh look into the natural world. .

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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 29, 2009 at 12:33 AM

Great capture of the action. Was this hand held or tripod/monopod? either way it looks good, just curious.

Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Gilham on December 29, 2009 at 4:53 AM

John, it was tripod mounted.

I would have preffered a bit more room all around the heron, but it happened so fast that I was probably lucky to get what I did. And it is probably a bit soft as I did no sharpening. Thanks for all the C&Cs!

Registered on September 20, 2009, 77 Posts, 489 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on December 29, 2009 at 9:22 AM

Doug, I like the action in this a lot. I have a couple of these shots and you are correct...just getting it in the frame is noce, because it does happen very fast. What I think is unique about this is the depth of the water. Every Heron shot I have or have even seen is always on the shore. This looks like he is in deep water. Very cool! Also, I think the comp looks great and don't see a need for more room.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Jimmie Fata on December 29, 2009 at 10:13 AM

Great Action Shot!

Registered on December 27, 2009, 14 Posts, 55 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on December 29, 2009 at 10:36 AM

Wow. That bill is stabbed right through the fish. I have not seen a heron do that. Great timing. More room on the left would be nice but not an image killer at all. What a sense of nature in action!

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Comment posted by bill meikle on December 29, 2009 at 5:43 PM

I like that he has stabbed the fish, haven't seen that before!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 29, 2009 at 6:35 PM

Doug, nice capture. It is always exciting to see a heron stab a fish like this and you did well getting this in the frame.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on December 29, 2009 at 8:19 PM

Doug,

How great that you were able to capture this heron stabbing the big fish like you did. love the flared wings, eye contact, how deep the heron is in the water and the action in this image.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on December 29, 2009 at 9:13 PM

Great catch and well done on adding the canvas

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments