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Heron encounter 1 of 4

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted August 25, 201195 views5 comments

Too much glass, harsh light, clearly too close to my subject by accident it happens do you blow the chance or go with it. I chose the latter and it made my day.

I have always found Herons difficult they spooke easy and they are gone. This one was different as the twenty four images reveal. All the action in just 6.8 seconds. With just two deleted images.

Canon 1D3 Canon 800mm hand held from vehicle used as hide. RAW to lightroom then resized to post.1/640sec f/10 ISO800.

Critique Advice Comment most welcomed

Thanks for looking

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Phil Ellard on August 25, 2011 at 1:43 PM

lovely detail in the heron, don't blame you for taking it its just a shame it was too close, you will have to buy a shorter lense and second body to go with the monster 800

!!look foward to the rest in series

Registered on December 17, 2010, 60 Posts, 634 Comments

Comment posted by keith mitchell on August 25, 2011 at 2:01 PM

Go with it every time,this looks good Barry looking forward to the others.

Keith.

Registered on July 12, 2008, 127 Posts, 1735 Comments

Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on August 25, 2011 at 2:42 PM

Hi Barry,

I agree with Phil and Keith, go for it every time as you never know how situations are going to pan out. Exposure on the Heron looks good considering the lighting.

What was the intended prey, Damsels or Fish?

Andy...

Registered on September 24, 2006, 123 Posts, 1254 Comments

Comment posted by Barry Southon on August 25, 2011 at 6:44 PM

Thanks for the comments guy's all will be revealed in 48hrs or so with the next three posts you can almost sense the action as it happens and the point that I found so fascinating was the sheer speed of the action. From start to finish 6.8 seconds as indicated by the data from the Raw files.

The Dragonfly activity added more fun they are not dust bunnies.

Registered on March 13, 2006, 21 Posts, 150 Comments

Comment posted by David Taylor on August 26, 2011 at 9:41 AM

I love its scrawny, bedraggled appearance. The next images should be interesting.

Registered on April 24, 2006, 101 Posts, 837 Comments