This heron rookery on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis was a flurry of feathered activity before the trees leafed out.
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Nikon D500, 200-500mm f4 lens at 500 mm, f11, ISO 1250 since the D500 is DX format the focal length was equivalent to 750mm
This is a nice look at the nesting environment. I like the way you caught the heron in flight; there’s a dynamic feel to it. A tad noisy at maximum enlargement and it’s unfortunate there’s a branch covering the resting heron’s eye.
Allen, Thanks for viewing and commenting on this image. I agree with your comments. This was my first try-out for my 200-500 mm lens. I did not notice the branch in covering the eye of the nested heron. I appreciate your input.
Nice to catch this shot before the leaves obscured everything, Larry. I really like your composition and you managed a very nice angle that doesn’t look too steep, which is hard to do at a rookery. It looks like there was a dark foreground twig on the left side of the frame just behind the flying Heron. If you don’t mind a little coning, you might want to remove it as it’s a bit of a distraction. A fine image.
Dennis, Thanks for viewing this image and for your comment. I did not know what that dark vertical stripe was. I was using a new long lens and thought it might be from the short depth of field of long lenses. I appreciate your observation and will try cloning out the distraction. Thanks so much.
Very good job, Larry. The trick I use on cloning uniform areas is to use a very soft brush with low opacity. I use a hardness of 0 and an opacity around 30%. Then you can just go over the area multiple times untl it looks good. You can also select a sky color from the image and just paint with it
