Great Blue Heron

Jonas Pilot · 05-25-2010, 04:11 PM

Saw this great blue heron while both of us were fishing Lake Wentworth. He caught a fish and took off barely giving me time to switch to my telephoto lens.

Airedale1 · 05-30-2010, 08:30 AM

Very nice capture.

Jonas Pilot · 05-30-2010, 02:09 PM

Thanks Airedale. I'm finding it quite a challenge to get the type of focus I see in your images. I only might might get one good image out of many attempts. I'm usually shooting from my boat while fishing. So I shoot handheld and on a slightly moving platform. Any tips you might offer on how to increase my chances of that perfect capture would be appreciated.

Lakesrider · 06-01-2010, 03:57 PM

Nice shot. I followed your Heron down Rt 109 today on the way home through Melvin Village. I could actually see him/her moving it's head side to side. like it was looking for a place to land. It was just above the tree tops. Saw it over the Pine Cone at around 4pm.

Airedale1 · 06-03-2010, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonas Pilot

Thanks Airedale. I'm finding it quite a challenge to get the type of focus I see in your images. I only might might get one good image out of many attempts. I'm usually shooting from my boat while fishing. So I shoot handheld and on a slightly moving platform. Any tips you might offer on how to increase my chances of that perfect capture would be appreciated.

What are you using?

Jonas Pilot · 06-03-2010, 02:51 PM

Hi Airedale. Thanks for responding. I shoot with a Canon EOS XSi, Canon EF-S 75-250 5.6 lens. Manual exposure, auto focus and stabilizer on. Most opportunities are early AM under lower light conditions.

Airedale1 · 06-03-2010, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonas Pilot

Hi Airedale. Thanks for responding. I shoot with a Canon EOS XSi, Canon EF-S 75-250 5.6 lens. Manual exposure, auto focus and stabilizer on. Most opportunities are early AM under lower light conditions.

Try setting your auto focus to AI for anything that is moving. Great Blue Herons flap their wings relatively slowly, a shutter speed of 1/500 sec is good to freeze them. Practice panning too.

I took this one back in 2006 with a 20D and 400 f/5.6. I took it in Av Mode ISO 100 1/800 sec around 2:00 in the afternoon.

Around here unless they are fixated on prey, Great Blue Herons are hard to approach.

This one taken last year, had a visual lock on a fish and was very approachable.

40D Av Mode ISO 100 1/200 sec with the same lens

Getting a good picture of a Great Blue Heron is always a challenge here in NH.

I went down to Florida in April and captured this Tri-colored Heron portrait, they are so much more approachable down there.

Av Mode ISO 400 1/200 sec with 40D and 400 f/5.6 lens

I hope this helps. Please feel free to ask me anytime for advice, always glad to try to help.

Jonas Pilot · 06-03-2010, 04:44 PM

Great shots Paul.
Thanks for taking the time to reply to my post. I'll give that a try and let you know how it works out.

05-25-2010, 04:11 PM	#1
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Great Blue Heron Saw this great blue heron while both of us were fishing Lake Wentworth. He caught a fish and took off barely giving me time to switch to my telephoto lens. Attached Images

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Airedale1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laconia Posts: 595 Thanks: 557 Thanked 1,569 Times in 274 Posts	Very nice capture. __________________ "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." Nelson Henderson (1865-1943)

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05-30-2010, 02:09 PM	#3
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Thanks Airedale. I'm finding it quite a challenge to get the type of focus I see in your images. I only might might get one good image out of many attempts. I'm usually shooting from my boat while fishing. So I shoot handheld and on a slightly moving platform. Any tips you might offer on how to increase my chances of that perfect capture would be appreciated.

06-01-2010, 03:57 PM	#4
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	Nice shot. I followed your Heron down Rt 109 today on the way home through Melvin Village. I could actually see him/her moving it's head side to side. like it was looking for a place to land. It was just above the tree tops. Saw it over the Pine Cone at around 4pm.

06-03-2010, 02:51 PM	#6
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Hi Airedale. Thanks for responding. I shoot with a Canon EOS XSi, Canon EF-S 75-250 5.6 lens. Manual exposure, auto focus and stabilizer on. Most opportunities are early AM under lower light conditions.

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06-03-2010, 04:44 PM	#8
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Great shots Paul. Thanks for taking the time to reply to my post. I'll give that a try and let you know how it works out.