Blue Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted February 8, 201058 views4 comments

This photo was taken at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State. It was captured at ISO 400, f/11 @ 1/80 of a second using a Nikkor 70-200 VR f/2.8 with a TC-20E III Teleconverter at 400mm. Your comments and suggestions are appreciated.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 8, 2010 at 8:22 PM

Ray,

I like the pose of the heron, and I like the setting.

I don't think I would have used f11 here though, closing down some to f7.1 may have given you a nicer feel to the background and a bit more shutter speed. At the size posted the head looks a smidge soft, perhaps due to the slow shutter speed?

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on February 8, 2010 at 10:34 PM

Hi Ray. I agree that a smaller F number would have given the background more of a blur.
You seem to have lost some detail in the whites, so I'm guessing the light was rather harsh?

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 9, 2010 at 1:01 AM

Nice plumage on this individual. Your exposure looks good on my monitor Ray. I like the bits of new grass, adds a little bit of spice to the image. I see you jumped on the new 2X teleconverter, if it lives up to early reports it should add a lot of functionality to the 70-200 for avian photography.

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Comment posted by Katja Rosvall on February 9, 2010 at 6:41 AM

Great comp, and I too like the green grass among the brown. Nice details too. Good shot!

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