Shakedown

Gallery: AvianPosted April 22, 2010100 views15 comments

This was shot this morning at Ft DeSoto . It was very early morning with low light so my speed was down a bit. It was ok till he started to shake it up. When I pulled up the images I was happy to see a somewhat sharp face and eye yet the awesome twirly blur of the wings . It looks like a head from another bird but I assure you it is not. I have another similar with a sharper head but something about the body on this was better to me. Thanks for looking

Canon 7D 2.8 300 mm L lens 1.4x
ISO 320 1/160 @f6.3

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Michael Lotito on April 22, 2010 at 9:38 PM

Beautiful Shot! I love the body language on the bird. Composition and depth of field lend well to this shot.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 22, 2010 at 10:33 PM

A unique and wonderful image of this Night-Heron.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on April 23, 2010 at 1:30 AM

I like the twirly whirly wings, makes for a unique photo imho. This species looks a bit goofy to me at the best of times, looks like he's wearing his black rubber boots for tromping around at the beach, but forgot his hat at home. So the wings, well they just work...

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 23, 2010 at 9:54 AM

quite a shot, Cheryl.

I like how swirly his wings look--not sure exactly what he's doing there.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 23, 2010 at 10:24 AM

Juvie night herons are so ugly they are cute. I like the shakedown shot Cheryl I have a few like this, but none that have the head this still. very nicely done!

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 23, 2010 at 12:32 PM

Very nice shaking, Cheryl. I like how you managed to capture the head perfectly sharp with the body movement. Well done!!

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 23, 2010 at 12:46 PM

I like the blurred wings, Cheryl. Neat shot.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 23, 2010 at 1:16 PM

Love the whirling dervish of the wings here Cheryl, a fun shot.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on April 23, 2010 at 2:16 PM

That's pretty cool, Cheryl! Amazing the the YCNC held its head so steady with all that motion going on.

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on April 23, 2010 at 4:50 PM

Nicely caught Cheryl. I think I'd lighten this and add a touch more contrast. Lovely shot

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 23, 2010 at 5:54 PM

Thanks everyone. Thanks Nick i wasn'r sure if it needed lightening so I was waiting to see if someone said so. I will do that

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on April 23, 2010 at 7:53 PM

Twirly wings: different! That together with the isolated head effect sure makes this an unusual shot, Cheryl. Like Nick, I would suggest that it be lightened up a bit. Very interesting image.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on April 23, 2010 at 8:27 PM

As soon as I saw the image I knew that "twirly-whirly" would be part of my comment - knowing that no one else would come up with such a term. I was surprised (and a bit put out) that Gary beat me to it. I can see why you like this Cheryl - so do I, though a little better light would have been nice too. Fun shot!

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 23, 2010 at 8:42 PM

He Ron, I said twirly also so i guess good minds do think alike LOL

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 24, 2010 at 3:30 AM

We've got a regular little tornado happening there - nice one Cheryl

cheers
Rob

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