Foggy Great Blue Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted December 30, 2016183 views5 comments

Another image from a foggy day at Ridgefield NWR. I did little to alleviate the fog in this image as I liked the softness it created in the bg and the way it worked with the grey of the heron.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 293 mm, beanbag on car window, f/9, 1/400, iso 800, aperture priority, pattern metering. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 15.7 MP before resizing. Taken at 10:19 AM on December 21st.

Comments and criticisms are appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 30, 2016 at 8:08 PM

Nice position of the bird, and I love the soft fog.
I never get tired of GBH's!
Nice work -

Sandy

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 30, 2016 at 9:10 PM

I like this well enough, with the GBH creeping along in the fog. I could wish that you had gotten a better spread on the legs. The bottom portion of both legs look like they were glued together. wink

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on December 30, 2016 at 9:19 PM

Just the right level of fogginess, Dennis.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on December 31, 2016 at 11:43 AM

Nice image, Dennis.
Very good bird pose.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on December 31, 2016 at 4:18 PM

Nice. You've definitely captured the foggy weather we've been getting in the NW lately! And I'd say you've made the most of it, a good complimentary background for the gray heron.

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