Green Heron Cooperates

Gallery: AvianPosted March 19, 201395 views4 comments

March 17, 2013 Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, California
I have never had a cooperative Green Heron pose for me before. We photographed him in a tree above the pond and he flew to the water's edge and began to hunt. He ignored me as I moved closer inch by inch. Wish the one long blade of grass behind his head was not there, but...

Nikon D800 Nikkor 200-400mm 400mm RAW ISO 500 1/1000 f/8 white balance auto Wimberley on a tripod Cropped slightly and processed in Lightroom and CS6 minimally.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 19, 2013 at 10:45 PM

Excellent details and colors here Patrick, nice job getting close to him, not sure if a lower angle was possible. Congrats

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 20, 2013 at 7:49 AM

Really nice Pat. A lower angle would have been nice if possible.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 20, 2013 at 11:11 AM

Nice to find a cooperate Green Heron. They have some interesting feather patterns and colors. The larger image has some nice detail and like others have mentioned a lower angle would of added to image if possible. Nice job in getting this.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 20, 2013 at 6:32 PM

The LP version looks tack sharp, excellent DOF. Beautiful specimen, like that 'crouched' stalking pose too Patrick.
The colors pop, this GH never looked so good

Well done!

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