BC Night Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted July 9, 2017142 views3 comments

These are present in south Louisiana, but in Bayou Sauvage the Black-crown is much more common. This is another from 2013 shot from the boardwalk. The detail is a little soft, and I wish I could have gotten a cleaner comp, but I liked the pose.

E-5 ZD300 2.8 +EC-14 Wimberley I on GT2531, full frame ISO 100 with 2 second delay 1/13 at f4 -1/3EV

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 9, 2017 at 7:10 PM

I also like the pose on this image. The water is amazing. But you took a risk when you shot this at 1/13 of a second. The softness is probably due to feather motion even though the bird probably didn't even breathe in the 13th of a second it took this shutter to move. The eye and the head appear to be certainly sharp enough; the soft areas are just below the eye on the face and at the upper breast. I'm sure you've tried localized sharpening but I would be very happy with this in my portfolio. We've got more Great Blue Herons, a rare Green Heron, and a rare Bittern in the Puget Sound region; and GreatEgrets come as far north as southern Washington.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 9, 2017 at 10:47 PM

The detail looks pretty good to me, Bill, particularly the eye which really stands out nicely. I also like the metallic sheen of the water-it makes a really nice background.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on July 11, 2017 at 2:50 PM

Yes the water has a great look to it. I don't normally go a lot for reflections but this one seems to work ok.
Something slightly different -- I like it.

John

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments