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Little Blue Heron in Tallow Tree
Here’s another one from last weekend’s visit to the pond near Delcambre, Louisiana, in that same magically soft light. I made this about ten minutes after shooting the spoonbill image I posted yesterday and at similar settings: F5.6 and 1/250, ISO800. Canon 1Dx, 500mm F4IS with 1.4TC, Gitzo 5 series tripod with Wimberly head.
This colorful little blue heron landed and posed as if proud of the way the background colors complimented his breeding plumage. Clean backgrounds are almost impossible to find at that location and the birds favor the cover provided by surrounding foliage, so I was very lucky to get this shot.
I removed several leaves at upper left during processing to open up the composition.
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Russ Norwood