YCNH Juvenile

Gallery: AvianPosted September 15, 2013108 views4 comments

I shot this juvenile early this morning in Bayou Sauvage in partially overcast conditions. The bird remained at this spot for at least an hour, mostly posing crouched down with its head turned away. Finally, apparently noticing me, it stood up and I grabbed a few frames before it flew away. About a 70% crop from bottom left to 4x5 aspect of 4/3rds original. Larger image included.

E-5 ZD300 F2.8 +EC-20 Wimberley I on GT2531, ISO 400 1/320 f5.7 0.0EV

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 15, 2013 at 7:33 PM

Nice to see this species posted - here in AZ I only get to see black-crowned and I miss them. Nice detail, and I like the body position and head turn.

I'd try to tone down the bottom where there is a lot of glare from the water by the heron's feet.

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Comment posted by Ralph Kerr on September 15, 2013 at 9:09 PM

Nice, sharp image under difficult conditions.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on September 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM

Very nice shot of this handsome young bird. I agree with Richard that a slight adjustment to the brightness of the lower quarter might help. My only nit is that I found myself wishing for more room for the virtual feet.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 16, 2013 at 10:14 PM

Very nice eye contact and detail Bill.

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