Flight of the Heron

JOAT · Jul 26, 2007

I've been taking quite a few pics of this Great Blue Heron that's feeds near my work place and I have tons of the usual poses......so I made it a point to try to fill my card with flight shots and came out with some that I was satisfied with. I was quite surprised how patient he was with me even as I stalked him across a soccer field

All images were shot in RAW, touched up in photoshop adjusting curves and using the channel mixer to liven up the colour, USM added where needed and cropped for composition.

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1/800 @ f5.6 ISO200

2
1/2000 @ f5.6 ISO200

3
1/2000 @ f5.6 ISO400

4
1/1000 @ f5.6 ISO200

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1/500 @ f5.6 ISO 200

6
I had hoped that the head was in focus here but when viewing it I saw that it wasn't. I still found it an interesting pose, something a little different.
1/500 @ f5.6 ISO 400

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1/800 @ f5.6 ISO 200

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1/800 @ f5.6 ISO 200

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1/800 @ f5.6 ISO 200

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This particular shot again isn't the sharpest, I think it was more due to hand shake, but I thought the wingspan was quite cool.
1/640 @ f5.6 ISO 400

LaFoto · Jul 27, 2007

Oh, these are 10 lovely heron-in-flight photos!
I like Photo 8 best of all, heron with fish!
But some of the others have some really nice backgrounds, too, like 6 and mostly 7!

Funny to see the feet in focus in 6 - you are right: while it did not come out the way you wanted, it still is an interesting perspective!!!

Velocity · Jul 27, 2007

Superb set of shots, well captured.
Nige

doenoe · Jul 27, 2007

nice set, the first few a really sharp

JOAT · Jul 28, 2007

LaFoto said:
Oh, these are 10 lovely heron-in-flight photos!
I like Photo 8 best of all, heron with fish!
But some of the others have some really nice backgrounds, too, like 6 and mostly 7!

Funny to see the feet in focus in 6 - you are right: while it did not come out the way you wanted, it still is an interesting perspective!!!

Thanks Lafoto your comments are always encouraging