Showing posts with label Great Blue Heron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Blue Heron. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Guesswork

Blue Heron on the Mississippi
Photograph by Tom Atwood
A photograph like this involves a great deal of guesswork. And luck. The heron was flying at dusk, after the sun had gone down along the Mississippi River at Alton, Illinois. The low light meant using a slow shutter speed, and focus was at best, a guess. I took several pictures of this magnificent bird, and one of them turned out. This one.
Shutter: 1/80 sec; Aperture: f/13; Focal Length: 200 mm; ISO 400

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Fly Away

Great Blue Heron
Photograph by Tom Atwood
One thing I've learned after years of photographing Great Blue Herons along the Mississippi River - they never fly toward you. 
Shutter: 1/2000; Aperture: f/5.6; ISO: 400; Focal Length: 200 mm