A Little Fluff

Gallery: AvianPosted November 25, 201578 views7 comments

Great Blue heron, fluffing it's feathers a bit. From my June/July trip to Seabeck on Hood Canal, Washington. I really liked the feathers in this one, and the pose was pretty decent.

7D2, 500mm f4 ISL + 1.4TC, Jobu gimbal on RRS legs, f/6.3, 1/1250, iso 1000, pattern metering, manual exposure. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 15.5 Mpixels. Taken at 7:18 am on June 30th.

Thanks for all your comments and criticisms. I really appreciate the feedback.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on November 25, 2015 at 3:23 PM

Dennis,

well done, from the technical part as well from the composition. The "action" of the brid is of course a plus enlightened

Registered on January 27, 2004, 494 Posts, 4021 Comments

Comment posted by Jerry Marella on November 25, 2015 at 3:34 PM

More than a pretty decent pose, Dennis. The comp is nice and the raised foot gives it a sense of motion. The fluffed feathers add character and there's good detail in all the plumage. Pretty much noise free at ISO 1000. I need to work on noise reduction with my 7D. Not near as clean as this. Great shot!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 142 Posts, 862 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on November 25, 2015 at 4:46 PM

Hi Dennis, good to keep the SS high, the darkish BKG helps emphasis the 'flexed' feahers/plumage here.

TFS
Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on November 25, 2015 at 6:00 PM

This is a real nice one Dennis! Good color, pose is great, composition works well, good details and sharpness. I also like that there are no distracting elements in the water. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on November 26, 2015 at 10:16 AM

The feathers, indeed Dennis, make the image for me ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on November 28, 2015 at 11:32 AM

Perfectly captured Dennis. He is lined up so that the whole heron is sharp. It is also nice to see the fluffed feathers and the raised foot.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Thompson on November 29, 2015 at 7:54 PM

Nice capture of this guy Dennis. That raised foot adds to the image. Nice work!

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