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Gallery: AvianPosted August 7, 201383 views4 comments

This photograph was taken at Dana Point Marine Life Refuge, Dana Point, CA 92629. This morning the refuge had Little Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Black-crowned Night-Herons, Tricolored Herons and Black-necked Stilts. A follow up photo from that day.

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/2000
Av(Aperture Value) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 800
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Focal Length 400.0mm

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4 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 7, 2013 at 8:26 PM

I like the low angle and the capture of "lunch". The image feels a little dark. The white bird (juvenile Little Blue Heron?) in the BG is a bit distracting. I think that a little work on sharpening and brightening would bring out the potential of this shot.. I think I would also crop about half the distance from the tail feathers to the edge of the frame, and rotate the image a bit CW.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on August 8, 2013 at 7:45 AM

Nice action with the fish in beak Peter.
I see Phil has made some good suggestions, enough said..
Each of us has plenty of room for improvement, it's just the 'nature' of the game

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on August 8, 2013 at 10:36 AM

Phil, I made some adjustments to the photo and I think it looks better. Thank you for the comments. The bird in the background is a Great Egret.

Peter

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 8, 2013 at 11:31 PM

Always nice to get a Heron with a fish, Peter.

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