Grey Heron in snowstorm
My first post to the forums! But I’m actually an old returner. I’m a 22 years old photographer from Sweden and started posting on BPN when I started photographing around the age of 16. Even though my photography then had serious flaws, the tips I got here was very useful in my early development, and I’m very thankful for that. Since then I have always been a serious birdwatcher and spent a lot of time in the field but have not been active on any forums or published my work anywhere as I have prioritized other stuff. Now I’m looking forward to sharing my work and to learn from the expertise here.
This image seemed fitting with the winter theme. These Grey Herons have become celebrities in the birding world. They are a part of a very special population that chooses to stay in their breeding grounds all year round, one of the northern most locations in the world where Grey Herons choose to do that. This means facing winters that get temperatures down to around -20C. They survive in this urban lake called Råstasjön thanks to a small water pump that keeps a very small area of water moving through the winter. They are also fed fish weekly by local people that formed a very special relationship with these birds. I took this image on a day where I chose to head out even though the weather forecast said heavy snowfall. I wanted to portray the conditions in which these birds chose to stay.
I have cloned a small snowflake by the tip of the beak as I found it disturbing.
Sorry for the long post!
Canon 70D, Canon 400mm f/5.6, 1/125s, f/5.6. Processed with Lightroom and Photoshop CC.
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