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Flaring Heron
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Flaring Heron

by Jerry Austin

Gallery: AvianPosted April 14, 201576 views5 comments

I caught this GBH landing on the other side of the small lake close to my house. I liked the nice look at the spread wings.

Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014. Comments and critiques welcome.

 

Canon 7D Mark II

Canon 200-400 f4 L IS

f7.1

1/1600s

ISO 400

Focal Length 560mm (Teleconverter Engaged)

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Steve Thompson on April 15, 2015 at 11:09 AM

I like this a lot Jerry, great look at that massive wing span. Nice light and although the background appears busy it is very uniform in color and oof enough not to detract from the image IMO. You also had great light to work with. Sweet scene!  devil

 

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on April 15, 2015 at 2:16 PM

You nailed it Jerry ! Great flight pose, fine composition and great colors ! No nits ! Just huge congrats ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 15, 2015 at 4:08 PM

Great wingspread and superb detail, Jerry.  I like the bg.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 15, 2015 at 11:19 PM

Nice wing position and light in this one Jerry. I like it as posted.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on April 16, 2015 at 2:44 PM

Very nice lighting and detail here Jerry, I could see cropping this to more of a vertical or square to emphasize the bird more. devil

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