Night Heron

[Ofer Levy]

20D, Canon 400 f5.6, 1/2000, f9, iso 400, HH from a floating hide

Last one in this series...:w3

Nearly full frame

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome pose and details

[christopher galeski]

very nice Ofer,nice detail,good flight pose.thanks.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Cool gliding-in pose, and I like the inclusion of the vegetation. Exposure and details spot-on as usual. I see a tiny bit of colour noise under the wing...did you need to lighten it a bit?

[Ofer Levy]

Cool gliding-in pose, and I like the inclusion of the vegetation. Exposure and details spot-on as usual. I see a tiny bit of colour noise under the wing...did you need to lighten it a bit?

Thanks Daniel, no I didn't have to lighten it up but keep in mind this was taken with the good old Canon 20D and even in 400 iso you could see some noise - especially in the under - exposed areas...:w3

[Daniel Cadieux]

True, very true. Reminds me of my old Rebel XT!

[gail bisson]

I like the pose and the dangly feet. Nice and sharp as always!
Gail

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I really like the light on the topside of the wing and the super bright eye. I too like the body position with the dangly feet.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Lovely light and great details!

[Melissa Groo]

A moment truly frozen in time. What a great capture, Ofer, from the pose to the light to the sharpness. Keep those oldies but goodies comin!

[Don Lacy]

Another wonderful image Ofer and with a 20D to boot.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Love the pose and light Ofer! I don't even mind the bit of vegetation either....although if it was gone.....I wouldn't complain either! Great job as expected!

[Stu Bowie]

Well exposed, sharp, and just love that eye. The foliage balances the comp nicely.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks Daniel, no I didn't have to lighten it up but keep in mind this was taken with the good old Canon 20D and even in 400 iso you could see some noise - especially in the under - exposed areas...:w3
Ofer 20D actually had cleaner files than today's 7D, you just need to use Canon's DPP to get the most out of its files. Most of third-party RAW convertors have dropped support for it so the output is not great. It was one of the best cameras for its time.

Here is 20D @ ISO 3200 (http://www.stanford.edu/%7Eahazeghi/Photos/EX/mystery.jpg) :eek:

[Ofer Levy]

Ofer 20D actually had cleaner files than today's 7D, you just need to use Canon's DPP to get the most out of its files. Most of third-party RAW convertors have dropped support for it so the output is not great. It was one of the best cameras for its time.

Here is 20D @ ISO 3200 (http://www.stanford.edu/%7Eahazeghi/Photos/EX/mystery.jpg) :eek:
Thanks Arash looks pretty impressive! Wish I knew you back then but I guess you were in high-school...:bg3::t3

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks Arash looks pretty impressive! Wish I knew you back then but I guess you were in high-school...:bg3::t3

:bg3:

My first real DSLR was the 20D and first telephoto lens was 300f/4IS + 1.4X TC! such a pain to focus on anything that moved!!!