Phil Ertel
11-30-2008, 05:32 PM
This image was captured on November 28th at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on an overcast morning at 10:57AM.
This image came from a small pond that had 16 herons stationed around the edge. There were frequent fights over territory. Also present were two Cormorants. Mostly the Herons and the Cormorants ignored each other. However, after this Heron caught this fish, one of the Cormorants decided they should have it and a discussion ensued. The Heron won. It wasn’t until after I was reviewing the images that I noticed that the Heron had a foreign object stuck through it’s neck. The foreign object did not seem to bother the bird as I saw it catching fish, flying, and preening.
I like the action and environment. I would have liked to have captured an image with both birds presenting an eye. Does the impaled object in the bird neck detract from the picture?
This image was processed in ACR with minor additional tweaks in Photoshop. This image represents approximately 90% of the original (I took a little off the left).
Thanks for looking and of course any critiques.
Regards,
Phil
Camera: 40D
Lens: Canon EF500mm f/4 IS USM plus 1.4x
Exposure: 1/500s at f/5.6
Exposure Program: Manual
Metering Mode: Evaluative
ISO: 800
Flash: No Flash
Tripod
This image came from a small pond that had 16 herons stationed around the edge. There were frequent fights over territory. Also present were two Cormorants. Mostly the Herons and the Cormorants ignored each other. However, after this Heron caught this fish, one of the Cormorants decided they should have it and a discussion ensued. The Heron won. It wasn’t until after I was reviewing the images that I noticed that the Heron had a foreign object stuck through it’s neck. The foreign object did not seem to bother the bird as I saw it catching fish, flying, and preening.
I like the action and environment. I would have liked to have captured an image with both birds presenting an eye. Does the impaled object in the bird neck detract from the picture?
This image was processed in ACR with minor additional tweaks in Photoshop. This image represents approximately 90% of the original (I took a little off the left).
Thanks for looking and of course any critiques.
Regards,
Phil
Camera: 40D
Lens: Canon EF500mm f/4 IS USM plus 1.4x
Exposure: 1/500s at f/5.6
Exposure Program: Manual
Metering Mode: Evaluative
ISO: 800
Flash: No Flash
Tripod