Very tame Grey Heron

[mjais]

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This is from this morning and from my 2nd day out with my new 600TC.
This is my first image here.
I thought the heron was about to kill a fish but it just took a sip of water.

Any suggestions are welcome.

LR showed up pop-up for a new early access generative removal too. I used that to remove a bright grass stem behind the bird. The bird itself was not modified, only basic processing like saturation, clarity, texture, etc.

Where I live these herons are rather shy but in the Nymphenburger Park in Munich they have become very used to people and the flight distance is sometimes less than 10m. They basically ignore humans if not deliberately harassed.

Shot with Auto Area AF, Bird detection, tripod + flexshooter pro.

 

[David Bostock]

Nice shot. Great color and sharpness. I like the low angle lighting too.

 

[mjais]

Nice shot. Great color and sharpness. I like the low angle lighting too.

Thanks. It was early morning. About 30 minutes later, the contrast was already too strong and I went home. But I head about one hour of good light.

 

[Woodyg3]

Nice capture! I like the low angle, colors are well processed. I might have shown just a bit more of the water, since that is where the bird is looking. Just a personal preference. Really a well executed picture.

 

[ssheipel]

Nice. Hope you're enjoying the new lens!

 

[mjais]

Nice. Hope you're enjoying the new lens!

Thanks, so far I'm super happy with the lens. But the best part was being so close to the heron and the bird not being afraid of me.

 

[ssheipel]

Thanks, so far I'm super happy with the lens. But the best part was being so close to the heron and the bird not being afraid of me.

Always awesome when that happens.