Little Help Please + RP

Gallery: AvianPosted March 26, 2015142 views8 comments

Came across a Heron nest yesterday with an inactive Male minding his own business when a Female showed up carrying a rather large assortment of nesting materials. He did not pay her much attention until she keep insisting he should give her some assistance.
Hand held from boat, 85% of full frame.

File name RAMY_4244_CF58
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Shooting Date/Time 3/25/2015 5:28:55 PM
Author Michael Ramy
Copyright Notice CopyRight Rock Art, Ltd All Rights Reserved
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/1600
Av(Aperture Value) 6.3
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 250
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Focal Length 371.0mm

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 26, 2015 at 11:32 PM

Very neat, Mike. Excellent interaction and the nesting material adds both to the interest and a nice compositional element.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on March 26, 2015 at 11:39 PM

Nice interaction going on with this frame. Like the material in the upper birds beak. Overall saturation seems to have been pushed a bit too far.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 27, 2015 at 12:24 AM

Good interaction between the two. Too heavily saturated!

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on March 27, 2015 at 3:27 AM

Nice behavioral shot Mike, always great to see some interaction in pictures ! Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 27, 2015 at 10:03 AM

Lovely capture. I love the interaction and the nest material adds a lot. I agree with Keith about the saturation. I would pull it back a bit.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 27, 2015 at 6:15 PM

Nice find and catch, Mike. The pose against the clean sky looks great. I think lightening this would make it even more attractive and probably reduce the saturation.

Looks like you're still having slow internet problems....

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on March 27, 2015 at 8:38 PM

Reworked as requested . . .

See Large Version HERE

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 28, 2015 at 9:23 AM

Mike, the redo shows some nicely subtle improvements, that I'm sure look better larger....

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