Night Heron - back lit

Gallery: AvianPosted October 19, 201075 views10 comments

Black Crowned Night Heron coming right at me (95% Full frame, almost missed the wings).
I found it a challenging since I shot right into the sun.

I was photographing some Juveniles when one of the Adults swooped in on me! A little to close for comfort, basically freaked me out. All I heard was a loud wing flap and there it was!

Nikon 200-400MM F4 lens (focal length 280mm)
ISO 400
Shutter 1/2000 sec
Aperture F5.6

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Robert Bunch on October 19, 2010 at 5:20 PM

It looks a little OOF on the large version to me but still a very nice in flight shot and I like the backlighting.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 19, 2010 at 5:27 PM

Amazing to get this at all, considering the scenario you describe Eric. It does look soft though.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on October 19, 2010 at 5:30 PM

Your right, I wonder why? The full size version is spot on my pc. When I resized the photos I used the bilinear instead of the bicubic. Must have done something wrong.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on October 19, 2010 at 5:39 PM

This one look better?

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on October 19, 2010 at 5:51 PM

Eric - yes, I do think the repost looks sharper.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on October 19, 2010 at 8:01 PM

The repost looks better to me Eric, great eye contact here.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 19, 2010 at 9:32 PM

Like the foot forward approach this bird is taking. Nice capture and repost.

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on October 19, 2010 at 11:22 PM

The repost looks sharper.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on October 20, 2010 at 5:14 AM

Great shot Eric. The repost looks much better. Something def went wrong with the processing on the first posts small and large. I would suggest something, but I would need to know exactly the order you did the various parts of your processing.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on October 20, 2010 at 9:58 PM

Fast reactions to get this at all, Eric. The exposure is excellent. The Heron seems just a bit soft to my eye, but the pose is terrific. The repost does look sharper.

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