Bye bye my GRBH

Gallery: AvianPosted September 30, 201399 views2 comments

I was fortunate to get these photos so close to where I live. I did not have the time to drive out of town to known birding areas, so the GRBH and the GRHE have kept me entertained and fed my photographic hobby. If you would like to see the series of shots they are on my photo blog:

http://www.everything-nature.com

Larger version of the photo

http://natureshues.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/greatblueheron0091.jpg

The photo was edited and cropped slightly with Adobe Photoshop.

NIKON D7000
122.0-300.0 mm f/2.8
f/2.8
1/1600
iso 125

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on September 30, 2013 at 11:27 AM

What a great action shot!

It's too bad, that he flipped his top feather out of the photo. Quick rascal! You did a great job in getting his feathers in such great focus, and the foot out of water "running" makes this special.
. You might want to clone out the vertical line of concrete on the right side. I do agree, that you need this amount of space, but the vertical does catch my eye.

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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on September 30, 2013 at 7:45 PM

I, too, think that cropping out the right side vertical concrete(?) would add to the image. It does somewhat draw away my attention from the bird. I would also clone out or crop out the rock in the lower left, but that is must my preference. Otherwise, I really like this action photo. I have some herons near my home and know how difficult it is to capture such a photo. Nicely done.

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