Great Blue Heron

Gallery: AvianPosted October 18, 2016145 views4 comments

I was within 50 yards or so of leaving Ridgefield when I saw this GBH hunting in the field next to the road close enough that this head shot is a very small crop. I hung around and watched it catch a grasshopper and was about to leave when it tailed a vole. I'll post a couple of pictures with the vole later.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600mm, beanbag on car window, f/7.1, 1/2000, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 17.8 MP before resizing for the web. I blurred and desaturated the bg a bit to help make the Heron pop a bit better. Taken at 11:53 AM on October 10th.

Comments and criticisms are appreciated.

Thanks for looking,

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 18, 2016 at 11:53 PM

He was definitely concentrating on his hunt and not at all on you. The blurring and desaturation of the background worked well, and the GBH really stands out. I like the lighting, too.

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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on October 19, 2016 at 10:21 AM

Excellent head shot. The large version shows great detail and the heron stands out nicely from the background. devil

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Comment posted by David Schoen on October 19, 2016 at 2:31 PM

Nice shot of this heron in what looks like difficult lighting conditions. Between the shadows and direct sun you did a good job of processing.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on October 19, 2016 at 7:31 PM

Sweet portrait. Great detail and nice work on the background Dennis. He (she) sure looks focused on something good. devil

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