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Description
Recently at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in BC Canada. The birds are very acclimated to humans. They allow feeding so there are ducks galore and you have to careful not to step on them. This Heron allowed me to get closer than usual and was able to get the photo just as he took off. It was the moment that I had wanted to capture that I hadn’t in the past.
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Technical Details
OM-1 Markll, Zuiko 50-200, 1.4 extender, f/4.0, 1/2500 sec, 70mm,ISO 3200
LR for adjustments and denoise.
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Close is right, Charlie. You don’t usually see bird photos with a 70 mm focal length, even with a 2x crop factor. That short focal length gave you some awesome depth of field which really enhances this image in my opinion. I could see taking a touch off the bottom, but that may just be because I don’t see the 4/3 aspect ratio as often.
Very nice to be able to get that close to a heron. Sounds like a rather messy reserve, though with all the ducks. But there are advantages. I agree with Dennis about cutting off a tiny bit at the bottom of the image just for the sake of removing a tiny bit of negative space. I think the image is fine and I have no other criticisms of it.
Charlie: I don’t get over here too often but this caught my eye for its dynamism, the wing position and the overall comp and environment. Beautiful image certainly worth printing. >=))>
