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Posted by Richard Billingham on March 4, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Lunch Time
The unlucky fish in the beak of a Little Blue Heron.
Coming up to present, day I took this in The Myakka River State Park last November. Right hand side slightly cropped to decentralize the eyes.

Canon 40D with 100-400 IS L USM
400mm @ 1/80 :f/20
Tripod and cable release
Hope you enjoy

Regards
Richard. :wavey:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 5, 2008 at 5:53 AM
Hi Richard,

I like the fish in it's beak, nicely caught! I have to say a very interesting choice of DOF here - can I ask why you choose f/20?

I tend to try to keep my shutter speed above 1/250th, so I curious here!
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Posted by Matt Cole on March 5, 2008 at 5:57 AM
a nicely caught shot, perhaps a shallower DOF may have helped to isolate the bird from its surroundings. Still an effective shot as it is though.

Matt
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 5, 2008 at 7:38 AM
Hi Richard,

Very nice shot of a bird i've never seen so thanks for posting this :toast:

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Richard Billingham on March 5, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Hi Paul, Yes I did shooot at f/20 basically its down to inexperience and I am still learning, Glad you like the fish I exspect the Heron liked as well.
Regards
Richard :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on March 5, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Hi Richard great capture of the bird and the fish was an added bonus. :toast:
John
Aberdeen :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 6, 2008 at 6:29 AM
Hi Richard,

I like this whole image, Heron included! - I just was curious as to your aperture select that all!
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