Calm Heron +repost

Gallery: AvianPosted June 17, 2012200 views5 comments

Recent rains have finally brought a little water into the inlet canal at Cheyenne Bottoms, central KS. Last night's winds were calm, and this Great Blue Heron was unusually calm also. It stood here for several minutes, until I restarted the car. This is highly unusual around here for this species. 7D, ISO 400, f/8, 1/1000, 300mm with small crop. C&C always welcome and appreciated.

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Comment posted by Toya Heatley on June 17, 2012 at 5:59 PM

I love the simplicity of this image. The detail in the heron is spot on and the serenity of the pose - awesome.

Registered on June 13, 2012, 36 Posts, 98 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 17, 2012 at 6:18 PM

Good detail and position of the GBH. You could almost flip the photo, there is so little difference.

These birds around here are notional; sometimes, they will fly at the least provocation and sometimes they will do what yours did.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on June 17, 2012 at 6:29 PM

Nice setting and composition with the reflection. There are some issues with the contrast/sharpening and some halos that would be worth fixing.

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

Comment posted by Rob Graham on June 17, 2012 at 9:19 PM

Here is a redo that hopefully fixes the issues brought up by Richard. I think most were caused by oversharpening while preparing for the web.

Registered on August 22, 2006, 842 Posts, 2824 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on June 20, 2012 at 7:07 PM

Beautiful tranquil image.
May

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