Black Crowned Night Heron

coastalconn · May 31, 2016

This is a bird that has been very elusive for me. After a long hot day of not finding much I almost gave up. Decided to check one more spot and actually found a fresh Juvenile and an Adult. The light was getting low, but it was on. I am really digging this 80D even though the 7dm2 is better on paper, I've been getting better results with the 80D.. Thanks for looking and comments welcome..

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Juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron 5_31 1 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

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Black Crowned Night Heron 5_31 Wings Spread by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

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Juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron 5_31 5 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

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Black Crowned Night Heron 5_31 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

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Juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron 5_31 2 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

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Juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron 5_31 Flight 1 by Kristofer Rowe, on Flickr

crzyfotopeeple · May 31, 2016

Super Nice!

Rick50 · Jun 1, 2016

Great shots. Just love the light.

jcdeboever · Jun 1, 2016

Speechless

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WesternGuy · Jun 1, 2016

Nice shots Kris. #2 and #6 are my favourites.

WesternGuy.

baturn · Jun 1, 2016

Awesome! Particularly the wing spread and the in flight.

sw_ · Jun 1, 2016

2 may be one of my favorite ever. Fantastic!

DarkShadow · Jun 1, 2016

All Nice as usual but #1 and #3 is lovely.I really like the color tones and the soft focus everywhere but the bird. Looks like a great camera what I have read and certainly the IQ looks awesome but then again its you shooting it. :1247:

ZombiesniperJr · Jun 1, 2016

Nice shots

FITBMX · Jun 1, 2016

Persistence pays off! Great set.

beagle100 · Jun 1, 2016

nice - I'll vote for #4

Dean_Gretsch · Jun 1, 2016

Absolutely stunning! #'s 1 & 2 are beyond incredible.

coastalconn · Jun 1, 2016

crzyfotopeeple said:
Super Nice!

Rick50 said:
Great shots. Just love the light.

jcdeboever said:
Speechless

WesternGuy said:
Nice shots Kris. #2 and #6 are my favourites.

baturn said:
Awesome! Particularly the wing spread and the in flight.

sw_ said:
2 may be one of my favorite ever. Fantastic!

ZombiesniperJr said:
Nice shots

FITBMX said:
Persistence pays off! Great set.

beagle100 said:
nice - I'll vote for #4

Dean_Gretsch said:
Absolutely stunning! #'s 1 & 2 are beyond incredible.

Thank you for all the kind words!

DarkShadow said:
All Nice as usual but #1 and #3 is lovely.I really like the color tones and the soft focus everywhere but the bird. Looks like a great camera what I have read and certainly the IQ looks awesome but then again its you shooting it.

I was super psyched about these. It's not very often that you find a new bird in spectacular light and really close. I always thought these guys were pretty cool too, I've only had 2 others fly by me in that past few years.. The sensor on the 80D reminds me quite a bit of the D7100, It renders quite a bit better than the 7dm2 to my eyes and is my go-to camera now, even though I'm giving up the 10 FPS and larger buffer. Once it grabs the subject is also seems to track much better than the 7dm2...

CarlosFrazao · Jun 2, 2016

Do you think that you'd be getting the same quality pics if you where using a normal zoom telephoto compared to the big prime or is it about who's holding it lol.

zombiesniper · Jun 2, 2016

Awesome set!

For the question above. He has nice gear.... Wait a minute. I shoot almost the exact same setup and he kills it where as I still have room to grow.
In short. It's most certainly Mr. Rowe that makes the biggest difference.