Green Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted July 13, 2010173 views19 comments

Managed this shot in some early morning light. Southern swamps of Louisiana. Pickup truck window with bean bag.

Date/Time: APRIL 9 @ 07:16am
Model: NIKON D200
Flash Used: NEVER
Focal Length 850 mm (NIKON 500MM F/4G VRII + NIKON TC17EII)
Exposure Time 1/60 sec
Aperture f/6.7 WIDE OPEN
ISO Equivalent: 280
Exposure Bias "0"
White Balance- MANUAL DIRECT SUNLIGHT
Metering Mode: MATRIX
RAW
Exposure Program: APERTURE PRIORITY

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on July 13, 2010 at 9:36 PM

Mmmmmm.... that's some gorgeous morning light on an excellent looking bird. Nice eye contact and excellent details. Well done.

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Comment posted by Gary Marquart on July 13, 2010 at 9:47 PM

Nice shot Ronnie, I like the colors, including the background, and the eye!

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on July 13, 2010 at 9:54 PM

Light, color, detail, setting - its all here and first rate as usual.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on July 13, 2010 at 10:15 PM

another beauty, Ronnie. great details, colors, comp. I like the one toe pointed off to the side.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 14, 2010 at 1:46 AM

Excellent use of sweet light. Your usual impeccable techs. I wouldn't usually like that centered a comp but the branches balance things out nicely.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on July 14, 2010 at 5:02 AM

Killer good green heron shot! I really like this one all the way around!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 14, 2010 at 5:05 AM

Super SweeeeeeT!!!

Very Nice Work Ronnie!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by antino cervigni on July 14, 2010 at 7:40 AM

Fantastic image. Regards

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 14, 2010 at 7:42 AM

Another beautiful shot Ronnie - the image quality and light are superb

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM

Beautiful morning light, Ronnie.

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on July 14, 2010 at 11:16 AM

Great shot, Ronnie. Beautiful detail & sharpness!
Mauro

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on July 14, 2010 at 11:56 AM

I always like the sharpness and detail in your images, good head turn and look this heron is giving you, well done.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on July 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM

It's all great here Ronnie - light, pose and I really like that background. Wonderful IQ.

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Comment posted by David Sparks on July 14, 2010 at 5:45 PM

Marvelous shot. I need to work on my technique. I don't always get such sharp images when using the 500mm + 1.7x tc at 1/60 sec. Love the pose, BG and the position of the one toe.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 15, 2010 at 12:30 AM

Flawless, very inspiring.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 15, 2010 at 4:24 PM

This is excellent Ronnie, great light, pose, lovely colors and comp.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on July 15, 2010 at 6:34 PM

Fine pose, Ronnie! I've not run across many greenies lately, but they make wonderful subjects. Well done, big Cajun buddy!

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 15, 2010 at 9:28 PM

Great image Ronnie. Love the pose.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on July 15, 2010 at 11:57 PM

I love this image. Great contrast and I especially like the foot action. Excellent sharp detail. An all-round winner.

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