This juvenile White-faced Heron and its sibling were recently fledged and feeding independently on insects in grasses, still with a parent not too far away. At this inexperienced stage the young birds were quite unafraid and feeding within metres of the usual regularly passing humans in this reserve. It does seem a shame that their wariness of us apparently develops with experience!
Technical note: Initially I thought I may have goofed in not setting the lens aperture wide open which would have created a softer background. However I think the result I got, with some detail still present in the lakeside grasses behind the bird, is more suggestive of the local environment.
Equipment: Canon EOS 7D II, EF 100-400 L IS II + 1.4x III TC, at 560mm, centre spot servo AF, handheld, shutter priority, 1/500 sec, f14, ISO 1000, spot metering.
Processing: Adobe CC2015 Lightroom/Photoshop, noise reduction with Neat Image plugin. Cropped to 65% of original frame width.
Location: Risdon Brook reserve, Hobart eastern shore, southern Tasmania, Australia
Comments & critique welcome,
Cheers, David
Last edited by David Seymour; 01-23-2017 at 05:25 AM.
Reason: Clarifying crop info
Excellent davis super details and exposure. The tip of the bill isn't quite so sharp but still pretty good.
I l ike the nbackground - I wonder though if a little desaturation would work - it may reduce contrast a little and also reduce the impression that the sticky out feathers on the RHS have a green cast.
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