The Great Blue Heron was sitting on a rice field gate. It was just a little past sunrise, light was nice, but still early.
In case he moved I took this first shot. Basic rule is get the first one, then do any setup. In this case it was to wait for more light.
I really thought he was going to stay. Which of course he didn’t.
The bird was kind enough to give the usual bent knee flight warning.
The light wasn’t what I wanted but just enough to get these, with a little morning glow.
Not what I had planned, still this is wildlife photography and very little goes as planned.
Beautiful light!
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Thank you. For those images just a little more would have been perfect, the feather details would be clear. But it’s a wild 5 foot bird in a marsh. They don’t really care that much.
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Great series of photos during golden hour?
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Almost golden hour. I was out there at dawn to shoot sunrise, which was not all that good. This is an isolated marshland so I swapped lens and shot birds and alligators instead. Thanks.
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Thanks for sharing the facts and your decision
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Wonderful shots Ted!
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Another 5 minutes and he would have been glowing in the golden hour sun. Thanks. Any time you photograph a Great Blue is a good day 🙂
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Herons are amazing birds, I spent so much time photographing them on Vancouver Island. Great photos !
Troy
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Thank you. We too spend a lot of time with them, and love every minute. Please stop by again, I’m looking through 900 images from this afternoon alone…the rookeries are getting busy.
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I’m going to be back on the island shortly, plus maybe doing a photo essay on them in the coming week. For some reason I just enjoy watching them, but more than anything they have so many attributes to photograph 🙂
Troy
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