Night heron fly-by

[Adhika Lie]

While photographing the terns, this heron flew by...

Nikon D750 and Sigma 500 f/4 lens at f/7.1, 1/4000, ISO 2000. Raw conversion in LR and then in PS with masked curve layer to bring out textures in the sky.


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[Mitch Carucci]

Nice capture. It looks like the sigma 500mm is performing well! Did you have to calibrate it with the dock?

[gail bisson]

Beautiful light and good incoming position with great wing position.
BG looks very nice.
Whites well exposed for.
I like your comp but could see a tighter version.
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Perfect head angle! Nice light and overall IQ. Too bad it did not fly a touch closer to you. The shadow on the front wing is unfortunate, but all else looks great.

[Adhika Lie]

Thanks, guys! Yes, the bird flew a little too far; this is about 50% crop as presented. I think it wouldn't work if it's just a plain blue sky.

Mitch, even though I have the dock, but no, I've only used the in-camera AF fine tune.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice light and wing position, I would crop it together though, there is too much empty space here

TFS

[Adhika Lie]

Thanks, Arash!