Green Heron

[Ric Grupe]

Caught this one feeding at a backwater pool off the Kishwaukee River near DeKalb, Illinois.



Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Av
Metering mode: Partial
Drive mode: Continuous (low)
ISO: 400
Lens: EF300mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Focal length: 420mm
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Hand held

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Welcome, Ric! Great details, light and BG. I wish for a bit more head turn toward you. Please post an image 800 pixels long since this is the maximum size allowed. Keep them coming.

[Ric Grupe]

Welcome, Ric! Great details, light and BG. I wish for a bit more head turn toward you. Please post an image 800 pixels long since this is the maximum size allowed. Keep them coming.

Thanks, Axel.

I cropped this one for use as wallpaper on a widescreen monitor. Thus the large size! I'll watch those pixels in the future.

This was the last frame a half second before jumping to flight. I agree about the head turn...it can make a big difference.

[Arsdel Fluesmeier]

Simple, detailed , beautiful.

[Ric Grupe]

Simple, detailed , beautiful.

Thank you very much.

[Glenn Bartley]

Very cool image. The BG is interesting :)

[Ric Grupe]

Very cool image. The BG is interesting :)

Thanks, Glenn.

I shot this through a hole in the vegetation that was just large enough to frame the bird. Quite a bit of that BG effect is OOF foreground since the opening was a few feet from me.

[Petros Petrou]

Very nice colors and detail. I also like the unusual BG. It makes the picture looks like a painting.

[Ric Grupe]

Very nice colors and detail. I also like the unusual BG. It makes the picture looks like a painting.

Very glad you like it! Thank you, Petros.:)