3 Step Fishing Technique - Green Heron (for Ted)

After seeing all the great posts of one of the local Green Heron's I went to try my luck on Monday evening. I ran into Canondslruser and after photographing some Red-wing Blackbirds and Tree Swallows the sun was setting when the heron finally arrived!

The lighting was terrible as the pond was completely in the shade and the sun was setting fast. We were forced to use Fill Flash and my ISO was set at 800 (terrible for good detail). In any event here is a series of shots of the heron fishing. (I've only had one shot of this bird before that evening)

Bigma @ 500mm on monopod with fill flash. Cropped to about 40% of full frame.

1. The stalk.

Great color, detail and subject

Results is a very super series

A very nice trio of images Stephen and a good example of how fill flash can help to get images that would otherwise be too dark. Congratulations of the Green heron captures

That's an amazing shot - you can even see that he's eating a tadpole!

Stephen; you managed very well under the conditions.
These turned out to be a great series.
Love the Action..

Those are excellent shots Stephen and good detail. It looks to me as though the conditions were just right

Wonderful Behavior .. Love the second with the water drop. Looks like it was dark, but really doesn't detract from the beauty of the shots..

Whoa,. really nice!

Fantastic series Stephen! Great timing and a beautiful bird, to boot!

Thank you Gary, Gary (sort of like Stephen Stephen , Nwyman, Ted, Kevin, Joayne, CDS and Dennis for your kind words. I'll have to go back in the daylight!

Another great series Stephen, even with those settings. I'd love to see one of these birds.

What a great sequence! With the context, my fave is #2--great timing!

Nice action series under difficult lighting. Love the action!