Proud Parent And Child...

[Joseph Przybyla]

This is from a long time ago, 2013, when I first kindled a interest in bird photography. The year before the pair of Great Blue Herons built a nest by abandoned it. The year of this image the nest was rebuilt and two eggs were hatched. At the time of the image only one chick had survived. I keep going back over images that I like, today I worked up this image again. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 55-300mm F/4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED HH
1/400 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 140 Auto WB
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction when needed
Cropped for composition and presentation

P.S. Learn more about Circle B Bar Reserve in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide

[John Mack]

Love all that moss hanging off the tree. A nice pose and view of the adult and the little one.

[kevin Hice]

Almost like a painting Joe super.Especially like the details in the grain on the tree with the shadows and lighting is what makes this.TFS

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Always fun to review older images, see if they can be improved with the benefit of new skills and software since first processed.

The tree is outstanding, nice poses by the GBH. The light is pretty soft, which helps with the adult being in the shade. Got to love the adults hair do!

Cheers

Randy