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Not your typical processing but here you go, Great Blue Heron - just not so blue anymore

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Found a very patient and forgiving Green Heron that let me get close. Between the 2 shots, some clouds moved in which made for a much nicer light in shot #2. I waited quite a while but despite many attempts he didn't catch anything while I was there.


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Immature Little Blue Heron in Central Florida.
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I just got my new Sony 200-600mm lens in the mail Friday, so the next day around 5pm I went for a walk.

Green Heron. This bird was a first for me, since Montreal is near the most northern limit of its summer range.
Sony (A1, 200-600 F5.6-6.3 G)
600mm 1/60s f/8.0 ISO200
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This next pic was cropped to 4k (3840x2160) to match a BenQ SW321C which I hope to get in the mail next Thursday. Its a small bird, but I was quite close.
600mm 1/500s f/8.0 ISO1250
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Back end of bird.
600mm 1/500s f/8.0 ISO800
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This is what happens when you have your perched bird setting when the bird takes off. This is an 'artistic' pic.
600mm 1/500s f/8.0 ISO800
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I just got my new Sony 200-600mm lens in the mail Friday, so the next day around 5pm I went for a walk.

Green Heron. This bird was a first for me, since Montreal is near ithe most northern limit of its summer range.
Sony (A1, 200-600 F5.6-6.3 G)
600mm 1/60s f/8.0 ISO200
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This next pic was cropped to 4k (3840x2160) to match a BenQ SW321C which I hope to get in the mail next Thursday. Its a small bird, but I was quite close.
600mm 1/500s f/8.0 ISO1250
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Back end of bird.
600mm 1/500s f/8.0 ISO800
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This is what happens when you have your perched bird setting when the bird takes off. This is an 'artistic' pic.
600mm 1/500s f/8.0 ISO800
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I love the detail in the second shot. I think I should start to save up for a1 and 200-600. They look like an amazing combo.
 
I love the detail in the second shot. I think I should start to save up for a1 and 200-600. They look like an amazing combo.
I am firmly convinced that the 200-600 is much better for birding than the 100-400 with a 1.4x teleconverter. The 200-600 is heavier, but still ok for handholding. I used a monopod while sitting on a bench -lazy birding.
 
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Great Blue Heron. This one got too close - a common problem in wildlife photography. I had to zoom out and step back a couple meters to focus (in retrospect I may have set my focus limiter to 10m to infinity).
Sony (A1, 200-600 F5.6-6.3 G)
200mm 1/1000s f/5.6 ISO1250
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Turtles.
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Great Blue Heron startling turtles.
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Great Blue Heron. This one got too close - a common problem in wildlife photography. I had to zoom out and step back a couple meters to focus (in retrospect I may have set my focus limiter to 10m to infinity).
Sony (A1, 200-600 F5.6-6.3 G)
200mm 1/1000s f/5.6 ISO1250
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Turtles.
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Great Blue Heron startling turtles.
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A couple more...
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I just got my new Sony 200-600mm lens in the mail Friday, so the next day around 5pm I went for a walk.

Green Heron. This bird was a first for me, since Montreal is near the most northern limit of its summer range.
Sony (A1, 200-600 F5.6-6.3 G)
600mm 1/60s f/8.0 ISO200
View attachment 24468

This next pic was cropped to 4k (3840x2160) to match a BenQ SW321C which I hope to get in the mail next Thursday. Its a small bird, but I was quite close.
600mm 1/500s f/8.0 ISO1250
View attachment 24469

Back end of bird.
600mm 1/500s f/8.0 ISO800
View attachment 24470

This is what happens when you have your perched bird setting when the bird takes off. This is an 'artistic' pic.
600mm 1/500s f/8.0 ISO800
View attachment 24475
Were those shot from a tripod? 600mm at 1/60 sec?
 
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