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A rare sight
#1

Not at all sure how to post this series of photos in it's entirety without breaking any rules on posting and space but I really would like to share this, my preference would have been to post directly to this site, a simple link to the gallery from my website is the best solution I could come up with (assuming it works)
I live in a northern Canadian city, whilst seeing a Great Blue Heron is not nearly as rare as I thought it to be down here, what it did as I was shooting is most definitely not a typical site
I make no claims for image quality, my lens was not nearly long enough for the distance involved, so the images are heavily cropped, plus I was tripping all over myself trying to maintain focus and stay upright on an uneven, muddy riverbank as I was shooting
All the images are in sequence beginning to end
I hope you enjoy them
Vincent

http://www.nineyardsphotography.com/Urba...Rare-Sight
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#2

Right place. Right time. And very well handled, super shots, really well done. Some technical details would not go amiss, Camera, Lens, distance, settings, post processing, and any other details. Thanks. Ed.

To each his own!
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#3

You are welcome to take a look at the following threads which should be helpful in posting in the forums:

http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/Thread...-your-post

http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/Thread...-To-A-Post

Barbara - Life is what you make of it!
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#4

(Aug 9, 2014, 12:43)EdMak Wrote:  Right place. Right time. And very well handled, super shots, really well done. Some technical details would not go amiss, Camera, Lens, distance, settings, post processing, and any other details. Thanks. Ed.

Thank you for the compliment
Really sorry Ed, I promised myself I'd include the tech details as I recall I neglected to do so on an earlier post and you asked the same question
Once you hit 50 the old memory starts sliding a bit

Camera- 1DX
Lens- Canon 70-200 IS 11
Distance- Really far (sorry, I have no eye at all for straight on line of sight distance measuring)
Post Processing- CS6 and NIK software
selective sharpening-tonal contrast enhancement in many cases
enhancing darker contrasts in many cases
(I cannot say enough about NIK software, it definitely saved this set of photos from the trash bin) It allowed me to pull out some detail and make these shots half way presentable
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#5

(Aug 9, 2014, 17:41)Barbara G. Wrote:  You are welcome to take a look at the following threads which should be helpful in posting in the forums:

http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/Thread...-your-post

http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/Thread...-To-A-Post
Thank you Barbara
I did indeed look at those links before I posted, but the limit was 10 and I had 12 and it was important for me to share the sequence in it's entirety, also a caution was given not to overwhelm the viewers with too much content in one post which made sense to me
I decided to err on the side of caution and just provide a link

Vincent
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#6

Great series.
I'm surprised the Heron could take off.
That was some fish!

Canon EOS 650D with 18-55 kit lens/ 75-300 zoom/ 100-400 zoom
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125137869@N08/
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#7

(Aug 10, 2014, 01:06)johnytrout Wrote:  Great series.
I'm surprised the Heron could take off.
That was some fish!
Thank you, as Ed said, right place, right time
I was very lucky
The after dinner flight was a surprise to me too
I fully expected this guy to slink off into the woods to digest his meal
Like someone you might see after a Christmas meal moaning on the coach with their belt buckle undone


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#8

I have about 40 shots of a Heron taken last year with a fight with an eel over three foot long. It was fun to watch with the heron dancing all over the place but the distance was way to far to get it properly clear

Canon EOS 650D with 18-55 kit lens/ 75-300 zoom/ 100-400 zoom
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125137869@N08/
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#9

I think the quality is just fine. Good work.

Nikon D3100 with Tokina 28-70mm f3.5, (I like to use a Vivitar .43x aux on the 28-70mm Tokina), Nikkor 10.5 mm fisheye, Quanteray 70-300mm f4.5, ProOptic 500 mm f6.3 mirror lens. http://donschaefferphoto.blogspot.com/
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#10

(Aug 10, 2014, 17:25)Don Schaeffer Wrote:  I think the quality is just fine. Good work.
Thank you Don
So often we are our own worst critics
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#11

(Aug 10, 2014, 15:43)johnytrout Wrote:  I have about 40 shots of a Heron taken last year with a fight with an eel over three foot long. It was fun to watch with the heron dancing all over the place but the distance was way to far to get it properly clear
That is what I call the definition of frustration
Times like that I can see why some wildlife photography enthusiasts spend literally hours behind duck blinds or on their stomachs in the mud just for the off chance of a unique encounter
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#12

(Aug 9, 2014, 11:13)vincentvictor@shaw.ca Wrote:  Not at all sure how to post this series of photos in it's entirety without breaking any rules on posting and space but I really would like to share this, my preference would have been to post directly to this site, a simple link to the gallery from my website is the best solution I could come up with (assuming it works)
I live in a northern Canadian city, whilst seeing a Great Blue Heron is not nearly as rare as I thought it to be down here, what it did as I was shooting is most definitely not a typical site
I make no claims for image quality, my lens was not nearly long enough for the distance involved, so the images are heavily cropped, plus I was tripping all over myself trying to maintain focus and stay upright on an uneven, muddy riverbank as I was shooting
All the images are in sequence beginning to end
I hope you enjoy them
Vincent

http://www.nineyardsphotography.com/Urba...Rare-Sight

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#13

Awesome shots. Really enjoyed them. Looking forward to seeing more of your photos.
Diane
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#14

(Aug 11, 2014, 12:58)ikisshorses Wrote:  Awesome shots. Really enjoyed them. Looking forward to seeing more of your photos.
Diane
Thank You Diane, I enjoyed sharing them

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