B-C Night-Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted February 27, 2017118 views5 comments

This is more of a habitat shot (see the next photo-the tree was filled with 30+ roosting Black-crowned Night Herons). I liked the pose with the partially open eye and the various curves of the body. The setting, unfortunately, is a bit busy.

Canon 7d Mark II
150-600 mm at 500 mm
1/1250 at f9.0
ISO 640
processed in LR and PS

Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions are appreciated.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on February 27, 2017 at 7:01 PM

This was the tree with all the Night-Herons. I've never seen more than one at time before. It was along the Link River in Klamath Falls, OR. There are a few juveniles, but they blend in too well with the foliage.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on February 27, 2017 at 11:04 PM

I think you did as well as you could with this Allen. Nice look at a sleeping BC Night Heron. Tough surroundings. This is so typical of them. All of them.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on February 28, 2017 at 12:25 PM

Must have pretty cool to see all of these in one tree Allen. With all branches and twigs all over a clean shot would be nearly impossible. But like you stated, it's a habitat shot.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 1, 2017 at 5:33 PM

Very cool image, Allen. I like the partially hidden nature of the image and don't mind a bit of business in the bg.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 2, 2017 at 8:08 PM

I think this worked out pretty well. There are some roosting species where this will always be in a bunch of stuff. The fact you got most of the bird ihn the clear satisfies me.

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