Fighting Purple Herons-Ardea Purperrea

Hi Guys,

I know a place where at this time of year a colony of about 120 pairs of Purle Herons nest. It is the largest colony we have in the Netherlands of these elusive birds and it's allways a joy to go there.
Here's one of the shots i took last night before the sun went down and two of the Herons got into an argument.
Unfortunately i forgot to bring my converter and so i had to shoot with just the 500mm so this is cropped about 30%.

Greetiings,

Jeroen Stel



Canon 20D
Shutter speed: 1/400 sec
Aperture: F 5.6
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: - 2/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: no
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Ai Focus
ISO: 400
Lens:500mm F 4.5
Focal length:800 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
70% of Full Frame
Using Tripod + Wimberley Sidekick
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Lab-Sharpening
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Surreal scene, quite odd. Interesting though.



Tim

A beautiful scene, the colour of the reeds form a perfect backdrop.

Very nice Jeroen.

Is this somewhere southeast of Amsterdam?

Rob

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments.
To Rob: This place is called the "Zouweboezem" and lies near Leerdam about 100Km under Amsterdam.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Very well captured Jeroen. Love this in all respects