GBH catches vole R-3

Gallery: AvianPosted July 28, 20181,272 views8 comments

Great Blue Heron catches vole for breakfast in York Harbor Maine 9:00am. It was a very windy day as you can see in the grasses.

Nikon D5300, 1/1000sec, f6.3, ISO800, lens: 70-300 f4.5 - 6.3

The focal length I used 300mm. I did crop the left side.

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8 comments

Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on July 28, 2018 at 12:53 PM

Nice capture for both of you, Norma. Looks like the GBH isn't willing to share though, and is finding a safe place to eat breakfast.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on July 29, 2018 at 12:02 PM

Good catch, Norma. I really like the energy of the heron's pose. My only nit as with all that energy pushing to the left, I wish there were more room on that side.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 29, 2018 at 2:35 PM

Always fun to see these guys catch rodents. Nice action. I agree with Dennis that it would be nice to have a little more room on the left side.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 29, 2018 at 5:44 PM

I agree this is a really nice capture, you don’t specify what focal length you used and if there was a crop involved.

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Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on July 29, 2018 at 5:58 PM

Here is the original with no crop.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 29, 2018 at 6:28 PM

You have plenty of canvas to work with then so I would definitely try a crop with room to the left of the heron’s head.

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on July 30, 2018 at 12:25 AM

Great opportunity and a nice capture of the action, Norma. I agree with the others that the same crop except with the same proportions as the original photo and the bird on the right side would work very well.

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Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on July 30, 2018 at 4:15 PM

Here is Revision #3. This is smaller file.

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