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Down the Gullet
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Down the Gullet

by Doug Gilham

Gallery: AvianPosted January 4, 2010129 views5 comments
Last post in this Heron series with the fish. I appreciate all the feedback I've gotten. Here the heron has all but the tip of the tail from the fish in his gullet. I've got a few shots that lead up to this when he was swallowing the fish that you can see his eyes dilate and bulge, almost as if he was thinking "uh-oh". I was also trying out different f stops, so that explains the f/16.

cropped from L to P
D300 w/sigma50-500 @ 500mm
f/16
1/640
iso 500
EC -1
spot metered on herons throat

All C&Cs welcomed and appreciated.

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 4, 2010 at 6:17 PM
Neat! This really tells a story. Nice technicals as well.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on January 4, 2010 at 6:48 PM
Nature is amazing. I think the f/16 actually worked rather nice here because of how the water came out. Thanks for sharing this.

- Luke
Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments
Comment posted by May Haga on January 4, 2010 at 6:54 PM
When I saw the last post I didn't think he could swallow that fish but this is amazing.
Great action beautifully captured.
May
Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments
Comment posted by Mia McPherson on January 5, 2010 at 7:05 AM
Doug

This has been a very interesting series, the view of the huge fish going down the bird's throat is impressive!
Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments
Comment posted by István Molnár on January 15, 2010 at 1:03 PM
Hi Doug!
Moment caught well.
István :wavey:
Registered on January 7, 2010, 114 Posts, 704 Comments