Green Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted March 16, 2013100 views4 comments

I revisited a photo shoot from last Sept. when I was able to take many images of a Green Heron at the refuge. During the course of an hour or more he worked the shoreline very close to my auto, often requiring me to backup and put more distance between us to meet my lens minimum focusing distance (what a terrible problem to have!) This image has had about a 20% crop for composition.

Larger version available, "Thank you for stopping!"

canon 7D
canon 600mm f4.L IS USM
F/9.5 +0.5 1/20 ISO 250
beanbag lens rest auto window

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Danny on March 16, 2013 at 11:43 PM

These are the sort of Heron I would love to see and the tri-colour. Nice to get them this close Craig even for the 600mm. Great shot and the selective focus is bang on the eye. Nice.

All the best Craig, would love to see one.

Danny.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on March 17, 2013 at 1:23 AM

The head turn adds to the composition here. Good sharpness where it counts (good long lens tech to do so at 1/20). The cattail on the right invades slightly onto the body of the heron, should have slipped it into reverse and moved about one foot..

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on March 17, 2013 at 10:23 AM

Nice detail on the eye and where it counts. Love that color pattern on the feathers. These are a favorite of mine! Sharon

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 17, 2013 at 1:44 PM

A nice comp Craig. Like the head turn and the bit of vege in the BRHC.

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