{"id":80817,"date":"2020-01-20T05:25:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=80817"},"modified":"2020-01-20T05:36:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:36:10","slug":"great-blue-heron-banking-in-flight-and-low-to-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/20\/great-blue-heron-banking-in-flight-and-low-to-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron Banking In Flight And Low To The Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

My favorite shot from yesterday morning at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 320, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

It was a slow day for birds at the refuge but I did manage to get a few nice shots of this Great Blue Heron with the far away snow covered Promontory Mountains in the lower background.<\/p>\n

The heron was circling around after coming back to check on a couple of its buddies when I caught it in a banking flight posture that put warm morning light on its entire ventral surface. I also like the pectoral plumes hanging down and casting a shadow on the right wing. This is the only shot I managed to get where there’s at least some separation between the alulae and the wings. In the rest of my photos the alulae were virtually invisible.<\/p>\n

This is another case where I had difficulty deciding how to crop the image. This horizontal version includes more of the Promontory Mountains in the lower background but…<\/p>\n

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a vertical crop makes the heron larger in the frame for slightly better detail and a more intimate look at the bird.<\/p>\n

This version also confirms that the heron was banking in flight. With this type of shot it’s often difficult to tell for sure if the bird is banking low to the ground or flying high above the photographer, especially since the snow-covered mountains have a strong resemblance to clouds. But the phragmites plume at bottom right confirms that I was shooting horizontally and the heron was banking very low to the ground.<\/p>\n

So I’m presenting both compositions. Take your pick.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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My favorite shot from yesterday morning at Bear River MBR.<\/p>\n

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