Rock Star

Gallery: AvianPosted January 23, 201186 views9 comments

This is the same GBH that was foraging in the fog in "Stalking..." He had flown from the lagoon onto a snag on the shoreline and began preening. He was pretty cooperative and allowed my to get fairly close as he just groomed away. As I maneuvered for better light, the wind kicked up and I was able to capture this image. Kinda reminds me of Keith Richards (in his younger days), with all due respect to him...and the GBH.

D300
300 mm f/2.8
1/640 @ f4.0
ISO 200
0EV
Pattern
92% FF

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 23, 2011 at 10:46 AM

Nice feather detail and good pose.

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Comment posted by dan elster on January 23, 2011 at 11:17 AM

The wind really made a nice image even better.

I'd be tempted to crop a bit off the left to minimize the out of focus leaves in the lower left and to also give the appearance of more room on the right. Also nice how you didn't clip the plumage on the herons head.

go Bears.

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Comment posted by Terry Sohl on January 23, 2011 at 11:37 AM

Love the title! It goes so well with this very nice shot.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on January 23, 2011 at 12:19 PM

I like this one. That wind blown plumage works well. Nice detail and sharpness in the larger image. Agree with the crop on the LLC. I also think you could lighten this one a bit in post processing.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 23, 2011 at 12:50 PM

Sweet, Charles. The wind blown plumes are great.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 23, 2011 at 4:36 PM

Nicely sharp, but the wind-blown feathers make the shot. Excellent capture.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on January 23, 2011 at 4:45 PM

Love it, Keith Richards... you've insulted the bird, but that is funny, and it does remind me of him!

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on January 23, 2011 at 5:51 PM

Chuck,

I love the wind blown feathers and plume and yes, I can see a bit of Keith Richards here. I like the setting and the nice details in the feathers. I know that you cropped very little from the image so what I am suggesting would be for the future when you are in the field, I would have moved the viewfinder so there would be less room on the left and the bottom to move the bird off center and allow more space above the head. It's a moody image and I like it.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 23, 2011 at 9:35 PM

Wonderful title, wonderful detail.

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