crain like thingies in water

dbaker1221

Did I describe that well enough. sunset & no tripod. 5.6f at 300mm


I was thrilled that it didn't fly away at the first sight of me.

gluwater

Nice light and head turn in the first. BTW it's a Great Blue Heron.

JamieC

I like the second one better, but can't quite place my finger on why. Maybe it's the "evening like" light.

Ric Grupe

Yeah, there are quite a few of these big guys around.....but getting a decent shot is another story.

Good goin' !

pathfinder

gluwater wrote:

Nice light and head turn in the first. BTW it's a Great Blue Heron.

I agree with Nick about the light and the head turn.

One of the secrets in shooting birds in this low angled light is being patient ( hoping they don't loft first ) and waiting to shoot until they turn their head into the light, rather than having their head in the shadows. I think that is why the first shot is better than the second.

GBH's are notorious for having a large flight radius.

Ric Grupe

pathfinder wrote:

GBH's are notorious for haivng a large flight radius

Not sure what you mean by that.

pathfinder

Ric Grupe wrote:

Not sure what you mean by that.

I mean that here in Indiana, and Illinois as well, that GBH's rarely will let you get within a 100 yard radius before they up and fly away.

You may occaisionally find an exception, but listen to the posters here on dgrin who are from the Midwest.

Florida GBHs are much more tolerant of tourists for some reason. But up here where I live, the GBHs are wild, and spook very easy.

raptorcaptor

Nice shots Dave! If you can deal with the extra weight, bring the tripod it'll make a huge difference especially with a subject that isn't moving too much. On the first image I like that the subject and background are nicely separated. On the second image I like that there is enough light on the shadow side of the GBH to still see some of the feather detail.

jwear

you have had good advice one more thing I ould have move my focal point a bit to the left -no light and hand held not easy -good job

Awais Yaqub

very nice loved them

dbaker1221

Thanks again.

I did have me tripod buuuttttttt not the part that screws into the camera to mount it. :bash

Dick on Aruba

Nice captures. I like the first the most.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.