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Heron in flight

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Posted by Terry on October 3, 2006 at 12:21 PM
Heron in flight - all comments appreciated :)

Canon 20D, 100,400@400, 1/1000, f5.6, iso400, medium crop - I am sure I will have cropped this too tightly for some :smile:

Terry
Posted by Tim Munsey on October 3, 2006 at 1:07 PM
This is rather good, how long you had a micolight? Looks like you were up with it.

:toast: :toast: :toast:

Tim
Posted by Dave Courtenay on October 3, 2006 at 1:16 PM
Very nice image-looks like the wing is almost touching the camera lens :toast:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on October 3, 2006 at 2:04 PM
Superb Terry :toast:

I like everthing about this shot!

Alan
Posted by Malcolm Muir on October 3, 2006 at 2:21 PM
Excellent Terry - really like it.

Malcolm :toast: :toast:
Posted by writepic on October 3, 2006 at 2:54 PM

this had got some great wing to wing sharpness for f5.6, almost has a wide angle quaility about it, maybe that's brought about by the crop.

m
Posted by Alan Bryant on October 3, 2006 at 2:54 PM
Very nice :toast:

The eye follows the wings nicely :cool:
Posted by Terry on October 3, 2006 at 3:41 PM
"how long you had a micolight? Looks like you were up with it. " Tim, I was on a bridge :smile:

"this had got some great wing to wing sharpness for f5.6" M, sorry I read the wrong Exif, it should have been 100-400@235, f7.1 - sorry for the confusion.

Terry
Posted by Rob Ashton on October 3, 2006 at 6:49 PM
Very good and slightly different to the usual flight shots.

Rob :toast:
Posted by John Varley on October 3, 2006 at 8:50 PM
I love this Terry. Your shot puts you up in the air with the heron. I think a bit of cloud really adds to a flight shot - much better than a uniform blue.

John
Posted by Paul Schröder on October 4, 2006 at 3:08 AM
Very nice. The cloud realy adds to the image.

Paul :toast:

NL/Rotterdam
Posted by David Kjaer on October 4, 2006 at 3:42 AM
One of the best Heron flight shots I have seen - love the clouds!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Williams on October 4, 2006 at 4:10 AM
Nice one, this is the view I get in the mornings when my local Heron is circling vulture like around my pond looking for a meal.......now if only I could get a shot of him....
Posted by PhilH on October 4, 2006 at 7:57 AM
Excellent, the clouds in the sky take this up a notch, superb flight pose and viewpoint...

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Posted by Graham Bailey on October 4, 2006 at 8:18 AM
Excellent angle and framing :toast:
Posted by Sean Bolton on October 4, 2006 at 4:43 PM
Hi Terry

Super flight shot, great light and detail in the heron, and the background is ideal. Yes for me this composition is a bit tight but if this is a crop then you have some pixels to play around with so that is good.

Nicely caught :toast:

cheers

Sean
Posted by Vincent Jones on October 5, 2006 at 5:13 AM
A cracker of a shot Terry, everytime I get close to Herons they always fly away & never fly across the the camera's view. :frown:

A shot to be proud of IMO.

Vince :toast: :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on October 7, 2006 at 6:30 PM
Its all been said Terry. Very very nice. :toast: :toast:

Major
Posted by Michael Sayles on October 7, 2006 at 7:43 PM
I can only echo the above.

Good shooting!

Michael S
Posted by Helge Sorensen on October 9, 2006 at 6:29 AM
Wow Terry thats one great fligth-shot :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andrew Forsyth on October 9, 2006 at 7:52 AM
Nice curve and diagonal dynamic - v special.

A :toast: