Great Blue Heron

This GBH was nicely perched in a Cypress Tree. It was late afternoon with light clouds providing a nice even light source. Ambient light, no flash. Infact I never use flash for avian photography. Taken from my truck with a bean bag.
This is in response to a comment about beans in my bean bag. I tried beans but it required 20 lbs to fill the BLUBB (Big Lens Ultimate Bean Bag sold by Arthur Morris) The bags are custom made for Arthur by this company: The Vested Interest. I now use Polypropylene beads which required only 10 lbs. to fill the bean bag.

Model NIKON D200
Flash Used No
Focal Length 560 mm - Nikon 400mm f/2.8/d ED-IF AF-I with TC14EII
Exposure Time 1/250 sec
Aperture f/5.6 - Stopped down 1 full stop
ISO Equivalent 320
Exposure Bias -1/3
White Balance-Manual Daylight
Metering Mode matrix
Raw
Exposure Program aperture priority