Green Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted June 15, 2010264 views25 comments

Tough little guys to capture on the wing. Taken is a S.Louisiana swamp from truck with bean bag. Processed in Nikon Capture and Photoshop CS.

Model NIKON D200
Flash Used No
Focal Length 850 mm (Nikon 500mm f/4 VRII + Nikon TC17EII)
Exposure Time 1/1000 sec
Aperture f/6.7 (wide open 1-1/2 stop loss with 1.7x TC)
ISO Equivalent 400
Exposure Bias -1/3
White Balance Manual Sunlight
Metering Mode matrix
Raw
Exposure Program aperture priority

Comments

25 comments

Comment posted by Raymond Klassen on June 15, 2010 at 5:40 PM

Nice action freeze and pose. I also like the colors, especially the bright feet. Well done!

Registered on November 30, 2008, 114 Posts, 790 Comments

Comment posted by Antonio Vilar Riva on June 15, 2010 at 5:40 PM

Wow Ronnie! How the **** do you get all that DOF with an 850mm on f6.7??

Caught at the precise right moment and framing +color +bg +everything else (even the 4 water droplets frozen in space-time!)

Did you pre-focus just behind the perch, manual focus or let the AF do follow-focus on the bird?

Congratulations!

Registered on June 13, 2010, 1 Posts, 6 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 15, 2010 at 5:48 PM

Hi Antonio,
Thanks for the comment. That aperture of 6.7 is actually wide open. F/4 lens with 1.5 stop loss with the 1.7 teleconverter.
I tracked the bird in, did not prefocus. He was on another perch about 20 feet away. I had the camera focused on him and when he flew I just held the shutter and did my best to just keep him in the frame.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 15, 2010 at 7:00 PM

Excellent capture Ronnie. One question...how do you get them to fly to you? They always fly away from me

Very sharp, great colors...no nits from me, just a nice shot!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 15, 2010 at 7:35 PM

Another awesome image of a Green Heron. I love the moments you capture in these shots. I can't imagine this being any better.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 15, 2010 at 8:04 PM

Another beauty, Ronnie. You caught the action perfectly.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on June 15, 2010 at 8:28 PM

I agree these are hard to capture inflight. You've done a great job here. Sharpness, DOF, lighting all superb. Really good job on this one, Ronnie.

Registered on April 20, 2008, 307 Posts, 604 Comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on June 15, 2010 at 8:52 PM

Epic Ronnie. I think you must have a fish scent on your truck. And to be able to pan while on the edge of a car window sill on a bean bag....WOW. I too am stunned by your depth of field at wide open aperature. Phenominal Ronnie. I need to practice, practice, practice. Thanks for sharing this one Ronnie.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 15, 2010 at 9:36 PM

This is absolutely fantastic. Great sharpness, action and even the water droplets. Congrats on a job well done.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Maile on June 16, 2010 at 7:18 AM

Beautiful catch Ronnie!!

Registered on March 2, 2009, 984 Posts, 2518 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on June 16, 2010 at 8:29 AM

Detail shines through in the larger image Ronnie - looks like a big swamp

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on June 16, 2010 at 9:04 AM

Great shot, Ronnie. I like it very much.
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on June 16, 2010 at 3:23 PM

Tough is an understatement. This is superb! Congratulations.

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 16, 2010 at 3:38 PM

Excellent shot, I like because you get to see the full body color of the green heron, well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on June 16, 2010 at 4:37 PM

Very nice action shot!

Congrats

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Saunders on June 16, 2010 at 5:01 PM

Love the action here Ronnie

Registered on February 6, 2008, 321 Posts, 3035 Comments

Comment posted by Luc Parent on June 16, 2010 at 8:42 PM

Well noting to say, i just look and enjoy !

P.S. Did you extract the metadata or you just type them in ?

Good job !

Registered on June 3, 2010, 2 Posts, 4 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 16, 2010 at 9:00 PM

Hi Luc,
I have all my images posted on pbase.com. Pbase extracts all the data and it shows under the image. I just copy and paste from pbase. Then I alter the text data to give more detail.
Like on this image.
http://www.pbase.com/ronnie_14187/image/111139102
Before posting on NPN I rework every image I have on pbase. My pictures on pbase are mostly processed rather quickly. For NPN images I reprocess giving more attention to detail and color rendition.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Derrick Lipinski on June 17, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Awesome capture, Ronnie. Perfect timing.

Registered on October 5, 2007, 58 Posts, 2039 Comments

Comment posted by David Chauvin on June 17, 2010 at 5:01 AM

Great frozen action and nice control of the bg, BB! Those waxy water lilies can be a challenge. Getting a take off is one thing,,,,,these guys' body language almost always gives it away. But a landing is a different thing altogether. Killer shot!

Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on June 17, 2010 at 8:54 AM

outstanding, Ronnie. great action and just the right moment. I like how he's turning ever so slightly toward you.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 17, 2010 at 9:34 AM

Sweet work, especially in keeping him well positioned in the frame and his offering you just the right turn!

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by antino cervigni on June 17, 2010 at 11:13 AM

Excellent flight shot.

Registered on April 17, 2010, 70 Posts, 202 Comments

Comment posted by Satie Sharma on June 17, 2010 at 2:42 PM

Fantastic action shot, Ronni. Love the wing position and extended feet.

Registered on November 11, 2003, 189 Posts, 5335 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on June 17, 2010 at 9:39 PM

This is excellent Ronnie, I like everything about it.

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