Tri-colored Heron with juv Skipjack
This Tri-colored Heron was photographed on the morning of November 2 at Fort Desoto park using the Canon 7D mark ii and the Canon 100-400mm IS ii handheld. I had been watching the heron hunt in the shallows and after catching a few scaled sardines, he caught a skipjack. This was taken at the end of a morning session when the Sun had already started to get higher in the sky.
ISO 200
AV f/5.6
TV 1/3200
Focal Length 248mm
Manual Exposure / AI Servo / Manual select large zone AF middle zone / Rear Button Focus
The AF points were focused on the neck.
The image was processed in DPP4 and PScc. Below is a short rundown of what I did to process:
1) I added a bit of canvas to the left of the original composition as I had barely any room behind the bird
2) used the NIK detail extractor and light contrast on the bird and fish to bring out a slight bit more detail
This was my second try at resizing using PS instead of LR (not sure if I got this part correct yet). Sharpened a bit post resize.
Thanks for taking a look.
