Great Blue Heron Showing Off for the Camera

matthewo · Mar 1, 2013

this guy really didnt mind us being pretty close, i was using my 300mm with 2x extender for 600mm and as you can see it filled the frame, most of these are uncropped, sometimes being too large.

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ceeboy14 · Mar 1, 2013

Great shots. I like #8 the best.

MiFleur · Mar 1, 2013

Great series, they are sharp, which 2x extender are you using?

I love the perspective in #1
the detail in the feathers of #8
and the composition and lighting of # 4
some of the other ones have awkward position that take away the natural grace of this bird, but they are still very nice shots.

Mully · Mar 1, 2013

I like how awkward the bird looks trying to land in #6 ....nice set and very sharp what extender were you using?

tirediron · Mar 1, 2013

Well captured.

baturn · Mar 1, 2013

Excellent action shots of a (forme at least) usually static bird.

matthewo · Mar 1, 2013

Thanks guy, usually a static bird for me too. It was strange that the bird was acting like this within maybe 30-50 feet, of us, me and another photographer where out there. the bird would go fly down to the water and fly back to his branch, didnt care too much about us.

I am using the Nikon TC20E III - the latest version. i use it 90% or so of the time with my 300mm f2.8 set on F8, mostly for increased DOF, but increased sharpness as well. obviously these are sharpened in post, i shoot RAW, light was fading and this was right before sunset so i had to rely on ISO to 3600-4000 area. was lucky the bird was filling the frame or noise would have been a major issue if i needed to crop.