Little Blue Heron on the hunt

[Raybel Robles]

Is been over a year since I last got a chance to go out and shoot birds (photographic way), but getting back at it.


D750 | 300mm f2.8 w/ 2.0 TC | 1/1600s | f/8 | 800 ISO

[John Whaley]

Wonderful image, beautiful colors, great pose - all good.

[Amanda Robinson]

So colorful shot, do you have a perticular telephoto lens that is your ‘go-to’ for birds?

[Frank Schauf]

Nice clean image of this species.

[John Mack]

Nice background on this one really like the raised foot.

[Raybel Robles]

Thank you everyone.

[Raybel Robles]

So colorful shot, do you have a perticular telephoto lens that is your ‘go-to’ for birds?

Hi Amanda,

My lens for bird is the one I used to capture this image, the Nikon 300mm f2.8 with a 2x teleconverter, this combo works like a charm.

[stuart wanuck]

yes lovely pastoral colors

[David Salem]

Hey Raybel, Glad to see you out shooting again.

This one looks great and I really like the pose with the foot up and the nice eye contact. Great looking details and a nice low angle with a colorful BG.

My first thought when I opened up the image is that it was a bit bright and thought it could use a boost in the darks.

I bumped up the darks in levels and added a little more contrast. I think it added some more detail and color. What do you think?

[Raybel Robles]

Hey Raybel, Glad to see you out shooting again.

This one looks great and I really like the pose with the foot up and the nice eye contact. Great looking details and a nice low angle with a colorful BG.

My first thought when I opened up the image is that it was a bit bright and thought it could use a boost in the darks.

I bumped up the darks in levels and added a little more contrast. I think it added some more detail and color. What do you think?

Super stuff! I was back and forth with it on my head if it was just a bit too bright but I wasn't sure, I'm glad you point it out. Thank you!