{"id":33302,"date":"2015-08-10T05:36:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T11:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=33302"},"modified":"2015-08-10T06:32:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T12:32:09","slug":"juvenile-black-crowned-night-heron-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/10\/juvenile-black-crowned-night-heron-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t have a great track record with Black-crowned Night Herons in flight but yesterday morning I had some success with juveniles of the species at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

Before we go any further, my camera settings for these images were a mistake. I certainly didn’t need shutter speeds and ISO’s this high but just prior to this series I’d been shooting birds buried in the reeds and I simply forgot to change\u00a0them for birds in flight against a bright blue sky.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several young birds were hanging around on the road in front of me so I had no choice but to flush them as I drove around the loop. This one circled back, apparently to be with its buddies, and came in very close. There are deep shadows on the right wing but I like the flight angle and bent wing position. The hanging legs suggest recent take-off but it had been airborne for some time.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, canvas added for composition,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here the legs are in a more typical full-flight position and shadows\u00a0aren’t problematic.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

This image is similar to the previous one but I like it\u00a0because we see more of the right wing.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a01\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I also\u00a0like this image, largely because good light on the top of the left wing reveals its interesting colors and patterns.<\/p>\n

Now that I have some acceptable flight images of the juveniles of the species I definitely have some work to do on the adults.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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I don’t have a great track record with Black-crowned Night Herons in flight but yesterday morning I had some success with juveniles of the species at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

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