White faced Heron

Hi Darren,
# 1 is a beautiful shot, great colors, IMHO I would like to have seen a little more room on each side of the bird.
# 2 good capture and sharp, IMO it is a little blown out there are no details on the white.
There is a difference in the color of the birds in each shot is this because of male & female? or the sunlight as you mentioned.
Regards,
Clare

The male seemed brighter however not noticably I think the sun played a role...

Regards Darren

Very nice images. Wonderful rich and saturated color.
I assume this is your 70-200mm lens' result image but optically you seem very close, closer than 200mm. Did you have the opportunity of getting so close to these friendly birds or extender or any other lens is in use?

amazing colours!

Nice colours and a great capture of a rare oppertunity for most. Beautifil images. Good focus and composition - something we don't hvae a lot of control of when photographing wildlife.

To me they do look a little too sharp,
and #1 may have lost some appeal in post prcessing.

Hi All thanks for looking,

Samson when I go bush/birdwatching I wear full camoflage everything but my face, even made a camo cover for my camera. If you wait and make small slow movements you can get near most birds. Last weekend I had a bird sit for 5min on my head and cleen itself.....have the mmmmm stain to prove it lol the 70-200mm F/4 L is by far the best lens I own

regards Darren

dearis wrote in post #2029576
Hi All thanks for looking,

Samson when I go bush/birdwatching I wear full camoflage everything but my face, even made a camo cover for my camera. If you wait and make small slow movements you can get near most birds. Last weekend I had a bird sit for 5min on my head and cleen itself.....have the mmmmm stain to prove it lol the 70-200mm F/4 L is by far the best lens I own

regards Darren

Dear Darren;

I feel so jealous of you being able to achieve such results. I am really good to chaise any bird from 100 yards or so.
You reminded me of "Vezon Thierry", a French photographer with same talent you posses. Check this one (LINK-1) that is my favorite picture in Bea Eater galley LINK-2). This guy did 3 months of what you described to complete this gallery. To say the least; Hard work pays back rewardingly.

Keep up the good work and post more of your nice images.
TFS.

Very good shots with beautiful colours.

It seems that the Heron comes in all shapes, size and colour and this is another new one to me , one with a white face, thanks for sharing Darren, nice shots, well done.

That is one beautiful bird, good job.

Thanks all,

Herons do come in all sizes you wait til I get a shot of our most attractive heron awesome bird it is....but it's very cunning and timid.....

Regards Darren

P.S. Samson thanks for the links. The drangon fly shot, man I hope I can someday achieve those sort of shots. How patience paid of!