Immature Night Heron

[Ralph]

I’m guessing it is an immature Black-Crowned Night Heron
Nikon D500, Nikkor AF-P 70-300. f/4.5-5.6. FX

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[Yezdi]

Nice shot Ralph. Sad the tip of the legs got cropped.

 

[Ralph]

Yah. I had just bought the D500 and was experimenting with the settings. I was concentrating so much on the eye and the exposure that I lost sight of the tips of the feet. I did have some shots of the whole bird but not as sharp as I wanted. Since I never used a DSLR before I was enamored with the spot focusing, hadn’t learned about Backbutton focusing and didn’t realize you could move the focusing point. I’ve come a long way in a year. But still learning a lot.

 

[Yezdi]

Yah. I had just bought the D500 and was experimenting with the settings. I was concentrating so much on the eye and the exposure that I lost sight of the tips of the feet. I did have some shots of the whole bird but not as sharp as I wanted. Since I never used a DSLR before I was enamored with the spot focusing, hadn’t learned about Backbutton focusing and didn’t realize you could move the focusing point. I’ve come a long way in a year. But still learning a lot.

I too learnt a lot watching Steve's videos. BBF is very good and if set up correctly can make life very easy. Practice, patience & perseverance and you shall master it soon.

 

[Callie]

ID correct IMO. Cutting off part of the subject - par for the course if you are too close with a non-zoom, and even then, you may be too close!. I still do it. especially shooting handheld on a moving subject!

 

[Ralph]

Yup. I was very close. Creeped in my car.

 

[Rose]

Nice pic

 

[Ralph]

Thanks Rose

 

[Chris G.]

Nice shot Ralph.