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Feather Tips

Feather Tips



cameraCanon EOS REBEL T2i

settings Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/2000 

upload_dateAug, 2014

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Awards

People's Choice in Great Blue Herons Photo Challenge
Winner in brown and blue Photo Challenge
Peer Award
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Top Choice
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Superb Composition
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Absolute Masterpiece
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Magnificent Capture
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Superior Skill
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All Star
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Outstanding Creativity
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Genius
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Top Ranks

Colorful Visions Photo ContestTop 20 rank week 1
The Animal Planet Photo ContestTop 10 rank
The Animal Planet Photo ContestTop 10 rank week 1
The Creators ExhibitionTop 30 rank
The Creators ExhibitionTop 10 rank week 1
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Animals With Wings Photo ContestTop 20 rank
All About Water Photo ContestTop 10 rank
artFix Exhibition ProjectTop 20 rank
artFix Exhibition ProjectTop 20 rank week 1
Wildlife On The Move Photo ContestTop 10 rank
Wildlife On The Move Photo ContestTop 10 rank week 1
Creative Shadows Photo ContestTop 30 rank
Anything Birds Photo ContestTop 10 rank
Everything Nature Photo ContestTop 10 rank
Everything Nature Photo ContestTop 10 rank week 1
Animals And Water Photo ContestTop 10 rank
Animals And Water Photo ContestTop 10 rank week 1
Wings in Motion Photo ContestTop 20 rank
We Love Animals Photo ContestTop 10 rank
We Love Animals Photo ContestTop 10 rank week 1
Call Of The Wild Photo ContestTop 10 rank
Call Of The Wild Photo ContestTop 10 rank week 1
Our Natural World Photo ContestTop 30 rank week 1
Celebrating Nature Photo Contest Vol 1Top 20 rank
Celebrating Nature Photo Contest Vol 1Top 20 rank week 2
Celebrating Nature Photo Contest Vol 1Top 20 rank week 1
Photographing Birds in Flight Photo ContestTop 10 rank
Photographing Birds in Flight Photo ContestTop 10 rank week 2
Photographing Birds in Flight Photo ContestTop 10 rank week 1

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5 Comments | Report
uniquephotoarts
 
uniquephotoarts January 21, 2015
Timing is everything, i love this shot :-)
jamiesarkett
 
jamiesarkett January 30, 2018
Congrats - great shot
eelcovanroden PRO+
 
eelcovanroden January 30, 2018
Congratulations on your Challenge Win!
PhilC Platinum
 
PhilC January 30, 2018
Fantastic shot - congrats on the Challenge win!
Jdmccranie Ultimate
 
Jdmccranie September 23, 2018
Wow! Wonderful shot!

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Tags

#great blue heron #flight #wings #water
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Behind The Lens

Location
Next to our community swimming pool is a pond, actually called Beaver Pond. We've never seen beavers but there are tons of fish, frogs, crayfish, tadpoles, turtles, dragonflies, and water birds that make this pond a thriving community (snakes trigger calls to animal control). The two bird species that like to hunt at this pond; the Little Green Heron and the Great Blue Heron. So when we go to the pool, I always bring my camera kit and I am either taking pictures of the animals or my kids (but I repeat myself). I had been watching this Great Blue Heron hunting for about 20 minutes when he decided to fly across the pond and try his luck on the other side. I just started shooting rapid fire. Capturing this image, with his wings just about to touch the water, was pure joy.
Time
Midday, summer. Overcast
Lighting
Not much. I'm shooting with a long lens, no flash. Didn't want to spook the animals and needed to be able to rapid fire.
Equipment
Canon Camera, 70-300mm lens,
Inspiration
I adore taking nature/wildlife photos. And the challenge of capturing birds in flight make it even more fun.
Editing
I really do not like to do a lot of photoshopping. So my post-processing is limited to cropping, straightening, and some light and color correcting. I will sharpen an image a tad if necessary but I try not to if possible because it can cause some distortions. As a general rule, I want my images to look as authentic as possible to the moment I took them.
In my camera bag
Canon T2i, 70-300mm, 18-55mm, couple of filters, tons of microfiber cloths, lens hood, business cards, macro lens, remote control, back up SC cards.
Feedback
For wildlife photography, patience. Get comfortable and be prepared to sit very still for a very long time and then shoot a lot of pictures rapidly. Rinse and repeat.

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