Great Blue Heron

[Bonnie Block]

I have not posted in eons it seems. I am finally getting back out there again after being very busy all summer with other projects.
This was taken from a kayak---our herons here in the PNW are very skittish. This guy was unconcerned about us.
Canon 1DMKIII- 100-400L/IS handheld
1/1250s f/5.6 at 340.0mm iso1000

[Dave Blinder]

Looks good to me Bonnie, nice pose on the Egret, good background, and I like the unique perch too. More interesting than the typical stick.

[Colin Knight]

I like that! This image caught my eye because I shot a heron recently that was in a very similar pose: http://www.pbase.com/clknight/image/117729463

Why did you choose ISO 1000?

Colin

[Arthur Morris]

Nice EXP, bird, pose, perch, and BKGR. All that you need now is a tuna tower for your kayak

Ah, PNW = Pacific Northwest....

[Bonnie Block]

I like that! This image caught my eye because I shot a heron recently that was in a very similar pose: http://www.pbase.com/clknight/image/117729463

Why did you choose ISO 1000?

Colin

Hi Colin,
I choose the ISO1000 as there was very little light this day--in fact for most of the morning all of us were at ISO 3200!
The 100-400 is not the fastest lens in the world and shooting from a moving boat--I needed to keep the shutter speed up to make it a bit easier to get a crisp image. The MKIII handles that ISO very well.

[Bonnie Block]

Nice EXP, bird, pose, perch, and BKGR. All that you need now is a tuna tower for your kayak

Ah, PNW = Pacific Northwest....

LOL! Hi Artie,
I appreciate your checking this one out. Can you believe it--one is always trying to get lower--and this guy is a bit too high! :);)

[arash_hazeghi]

Beautiful perch, pose and BG, detail and SH are great too, only wish the bird was looking at you.

[Aidan Briggs]

Nice soft light, BG, and exposure. I agree that it would better if the heron were eye-level with you.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely pose , expo and BG
agreed with commnets above
TFS