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WC #734 - Swamp Things

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted May 6, 2016276 views4 comments

I didn't want to contribute yet another 'gator, so here is a Green Heron in the Everglades.

2015:10:17 07:44:32
D800
18-200mm @ 112mm
Digital zoom: 1.5x
1/1000 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 320
AF mode: AF-S
White balance: AUTO1

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 7, 2016 at 12:12 AM

The colors in the heron look great, Sandy. The eye and the head and neck colors pop very nicely plus you've got good detail throughout the bird. There's a bit of a line across the bird's neck that might be the continuation of the stick that ends right at the edge of the bird. In our suspicious world, this looks like it could be a subtle cloning/fixing artifact, but it could also be real...I'm not enough of a bird expert to be able to tell. It's a great look at a bird that is is often very elusive.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 7, 2016 at 6:12 PM

Nope, not a bit of cloning here. cool

Some green herons have a light whitish stripe along their necks - here is another green heron taken that same year:
Note the whitish parts of his neck.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 8, 2016 at 1:12 PM

Hi Sandy, thanks for the lesson on details. I really like the fluffed up bird in your second post, and yes, I do see the lighter feathers at the base of the neck.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on May 12, 2016 at 12:01 AM

Love the colors in both, and really love the ruffles and patterning of the wing in the second post Sandy. Nice change up here.

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