GBH+Repost

Great Blue Heron (Ardea hernias)

This is another shot of the same GBH as my previous image taken at the same time. I have many shots of this bird with its head hidden beneath its wing. As I mentioned earlier, every once in awhile it would raise its head and glare at me. This image is a better example than the last one of the glare. Also, we can see it's feet. I'm so accustomed to seeing long nails on bird's feet that I find these peculiar. We only see one foot: the other is tucked up under its chin. The image is nearly full frame: I trimmed a bit from the bottom to raise the bird in the frame.

As in the previous image, I did have to remove some OOF branches remote from the bird in this image. The background is just as threatening as in the previous one. However, this time we see more branches.

1D Mark IV, 400 mm f/5.6+1.4x TC: ISO 1250, 1/640 s, f/8, 15.3 MP after cropping, usual NR, exposure adjustment, sharpening; some remote branch removal.