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Great Blue Heron - 14

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Shot earlier today: This GBH had just snatched this small gar from a canal in Paynes Prairie not far from where I was standing (see: GBH - 13). It then flew to the other side of the waterway where it must have felt a bit less threatened. Once the fish was relatively lifeless it took the long (one-way) slide down the gullet.

Photographer:	X Leon Plympton
Folder:	Common area
Uploaded:	08-Jul-2007 02:23 CEST
Current Rating:	8.00/1 View all ratings Delete my rating
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Camera:	Olympus E1
Exposure time:	1/640
Aperture:	f-7.1
Focal length:	150 (300) mm
Lens:	Zuiko 40-150mm
Focusing method:	Spot
ISO:	400
White balance:	Auto
Flash:	no
Image format:	SHQ
Processing applied:	SHQ / 50% crop / re-sized / adjustments to brightness, color saturation, sharpening and noise minimization.
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Image resized to:	600x800

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GBH -14

Leon,

Good action shot, I know how hard it is to get a result like this! Unfortunately the top of the wing is cropped. keep up the good work.

Kindest Regards: Peter

Peter French at 11:57 CEST on 08-Jul-2007 [Reply]

Great Blue Heron - 14 - re-visited:

Peter -

Thanks so much. I knew from experience that once this GBH had gotten a fish it would fly to the other side of the waterway so I was somewhat prepared to keep shooting; unfortunately, I forgot to switch the focusing from 'S' single to 'C' continuous focusing - oh, well. As for the cropping - it was either the tip of the wing or the tip of a toe or two. I opted for the wing tip.

-leon

Leon Plympton at 15:26 CEST on 08-Jul-2007 [Reply]