Great Blue Heron & repost

Gallery: AvianPosted July 1, 2013125 views13 comments

Another from my session at Seabeck. I liked the landing pose and the little clump of oysters that is its intended perch.

1Div, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Black Widow on RRS legs, f6.3, 1/1250, iso 320, Manual exposure. Processed in CS6 and cropped to 10.6MP. Taken June 22nd at 7:29 am under sunny skies.

Your comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on July 1, 2013 at 11:38 PM

Wow. Way to go in capturing this shot, getting such good detail with the heron in motion.

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on July 2, 2013 at 12:00 AM

Wonderful vivid image.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 2, 2013 at 1:18 AM

Very nice detail Dennis, especially the larger view. The exposure is superb. Might go for a little more room on the left side if you have it available.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on July 2, 2013 at 6:53 AM

Nice, sharp and well exposed Dennis. Heron will have to do a balancing act to stay on that small perch. A very good capture.

Registered on April 10, 2013, 56 Posts, 571 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 2, 2013 at 10:25 AM

Dennis,
Great action, well composed and excellent detail. This is a very difficult subject and BG to properly expose and Mr. Plank, you nailed it on this image. From the whites to the darkest shadows, the feather detail and the small wind ripples on the water’s foreground . . . Outstanding.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on July 2, 2013 at 11:40 AM

Very nice capture and I like the moody light. I wish the bird had a little more space to fly into on the left, but with those big wings that owuld have been a tough trick. Overall, really nice work Dennis.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on July 2, 2013 at 3:53 PM

Wonderful action shot - and amazing it was landing there ... Depending on the original image, I would try a landscape crop, but you must have had your reasons for a square I guess

. Great one Dennis ! Cheers, hans

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Comment posted by Roger Kirchen on July 2, 2013 at 7:36 PM

Amazing shot. Well timed and well exposed.

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on July 2, 2013 at 8:15 PM

Awesome flight action you captured Dennis

Nice wing and feet positions. Excellent details too.

Sweet Photo!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on July 2, 2013 at 8:32 PM

Wow, this is superb, Dannis. A really wonderful image.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 2, 2013 at 10:46 PM

Thanks for the comments. In retrospect, I'm not sure why I went with such a square crop-it seemed right at the time, though when I posted it, it looked tight on the left to me as well. Here's a repost with a more landscape format. I took just a bit off the top and left for this one.

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 3, 2013 at 6:31 PM

Great action Dennis. yes I think the repost looks better.
May

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on July 18, 2013 at 11:03 AM

Dennis, I think you could have split the difference, I like the detail of the closer cropped shot. I know everyone is a critic.

Peter

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