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Green Heron w Fish
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Green Heron w Fish

by Roger Leekam

Gallery: AvianPosted July 31, 2013131 views8 comments
Canon7D,70-300lens@120mm,1/1000sec,f7.1,ISO500,about80% of original. Evening sun.
Possibly the closest I've been to this elusive bird. I was able to get several shots of this meal, but this is the best action. Is the head turn a problem? May be posting others in the sequence later.

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 31, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Great moment captured Roger, love this action!! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 31, 2013 at 10:29 AM
Well done on this one Roger,
Great action, fine details and that Heron is 'Hanging On'.
The head turn is what it is and not a problem to me, the image does need some NR however.
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Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments
Comment posted by John Jeevaratnam on July 31, 2013 at 10:37 AM
Nice action pose and a good photo op for a close-up. A slight head turn would have made for a good profile shot, however the photo can hold its own.. catching the fish, water droplets, position of the legs and the texture and colour of the bird. Very nice.
Registered on July 29, 2013, 112 Posts, 229 Comments
Comment posted by Nate Chappell on July 31, 2013 at 6:18 PM
Well you got a great head turn from the fish Roger :wink: Sweet action, I like the water droplets, ideally you would have had a bit more eye contact from the bird too. :toast:
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Comment posted by Verdon on July 31, 2013 at 6:21 PM
nice catch , both of you :wavey: :toast: :wavey:
Registered on June 10, 2011, 147 Posts, 1444 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 31, 2013 at 9:44 PM
Cool action and I like the unusual angle, Roger. The head turn does detract a bit from the ideal, but it's still a very good image. The eye on the fish helps a lot.

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Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 31, 2013 at 10:29 PM
Nice action Roger. I like the water flying off the fish. I agree more head turn from the heron would make this stronger. However, I think the main part that detracts for me is the noise. Seems like you may have over worked the shadows in tis image a bit too much. You can do some NR, but obviously you would loose some detail in the bird feathers.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on August 1, 2013 at 4:21 PM
Very neat action image Roger.
Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments