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Gallery: AvianPosted July 24, 201067 views4 comments

I had found this heron perched in a small inlet the previous evening and returned to find it there the next morning. Given that it is a location quite close to a popular fishing spot, the heron is obviously approachable.

As he was now sidelit with the rising sun, I used a touch of fill flash to bring out some of the feather detail. This is almost a full frame shot with little cropping.

Details:

D300 w/ 500mm ED-IF P
1/320ths at F/7.1 (-0.3EV) ISO 200 equi.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on July 24, 2010 at 8:06 AM

David,

I like the pose, the effect of the sidelight, eye contact, setting and comp. To my eye it the bird appears to have a slight green cast, most likely picked up from the surrounding leaves, I would attempt to minimize that. Your choice of dof worked very nicely for this image.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 24, 2010 at 11:30 AM

Hi David. Very pretty setting, particularly the maple leaves on the perch. Might try toning down a few hot spots on the leaves and the side of the neck. A larger view would help to critique. Thanks for posting a species I always like to see.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 24, 2010 at 2:09 PM

Very neat pose and look in the eye of this one, David. I like the lighting and it looks perfectly positioned in the frame to my eye.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 25, 2010 at 2:54 PM

I like this a lot David, an interesting pose and I like the way the sidelighting works in this shot. I agree with Gary on trying to tone down a few of the highlights a little bit.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments