GBH in flight
Jan 16, 2014 11:43:42 #
I caught this Great Blue Heron coming off a nest that is under construction. I think he was going for more twigs.
Jan 16, 2014 11:53:12 #
Nice! It almost looks like it's heading down for a fish or something. It's very focused.
Good job of staying focused yourself. It's hard to get these BIF. I like the background on the last one, but the first one for the wings and "in flight" appearance.
Good job of staying focused yourself. It's hard to get these BIF. I like the background on the last one, but the first one for the wings and "in flight" appearance.
Jan 16, 2014 12:00:59 #
Jan 16, 2014 12:34:54 #
The first one on download is excellent. It deserves a place on your wall. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Jan 16, 2014 14:14:47 #
riverlass wrote:
Nice! It almost looks like it's heading down for a fish or something. It's very focused.
Good job of staying focused yourself. It's hard to get these BIF. I like the background on the last one, but the first one for the wings and "in flight" appearance.
Good job of staying focused yourself. It's hard to get these BIF. I like the background on the last one, but the first one for the wings and "in flight" appearance.
Thanks Riverlass! I really appreciate it.
Jan 16, 2014 14:15:08 #
Jan 16, 2014 14:15:56 #
tramsey wrote:
The first one on download is excellent. It deserves a place on your wall. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Thanks tramsey! I appreciate the thumbs up.
Jan 16, 2014 18:28:20 #
Sunfish 33 wrote:
I caught this Great Blue Heron coming off a nest that is under construction. I think he was going for more twigs.
Love them all! One of my favorite BIFs. Great shots.
Jan 16, 2014 21:56:41 #
Elliern wrote:
Love them all! One of my favorite BIFs. Great shots.
Thanks Elliern!
Jan 17, 2014 14:33:58 #
Jan 17, 2014 18:31:33 #
Sunfish 33 wrote:
I caught this Great Blue Heron coming off a nest that is under construction. I think he was going for more twigs.
Excellent series. You really nailed him. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Jan 18, 2014 10:33:51 #
I am trying to convince myself these are paintings. Because if they are photos, the bar I set for myself is not even close to what is possible. Thanks for ruining my day. LOL
Jan 18, 2014 14:14:44 #
Jan 18, 2014 20:11:21 #
jrb1213 wrote:
I am trying to convince myself these are paintings. Because if they are photos, the bar I set for myself is not even close to what is possible. Thanks for ruining my day. LOL
:) Thanks John for the very nice compliment!
I thought it might be helpful to some folks if I shared the details of what I did with these photos. I've picked one of the shots as an example. The first is straight out of the camera. The second is a duplicate of the finished product. I made some slight adjustments in Lightroom 4 for white balance & highlights / shadows, and cropped it for composition. I then loaded it in Adobe Elements 11 and used auto settings in "Brightness and Contrast" and "Lighten and Darken" for touchup. Next I used "unsharp mask" at 50%, radius 3.0 pixels, threshold 1.0 level. That's basically it.
I did use a tripod to shoot this. I was very near the nest and the birds did not care at all that I (among others) were watching. I had the camera ready and just hung out for probably about an hour waiting for them to do something interesting. When they did I concentrated on maintaining focus and fired away. That's it. Hope this was helpful.
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