Daniel Cadieux
07-29-2009, 09:06 PM
This young Great-blue Heron was one of five found around the same smallish local urban pond last weekend (4 young + 1 adult). They were somewhat skittish but I was able to slowly crawl quite close to this guy - while manoevring between the many goose droppings! At this point there was a bit of drizzle thus creating a wet, and darker look on the plumage (especially on the wings). With the lack of sun I was able to position myself to take advantage of the dark green reflection in the water at an angle that would have otherwise been against the light (love those clouds!!)
Canon 40D + 100-400L @285mm, manual exposure (@-2/3 stop metered value), aperture priority, 1/125s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, full-frame. NR applied selectively to BG.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_Great-blueHeron_6095-01.jpg
Canon 40D + 100-400L @285mm, manual exposure (@-2/3 stop metered value), aperture priority, 1/125s., f/6.3, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, full-frame. NR applied selectively to BG.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_Great-blueHeron_6095-01.jpg