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This heron is voicing it's irritation at being disturbed and chased from it's previous roost. Not the most melodious of voices.
Using my tripod I took this photo at a distance of about a hundred meters plus and I was amazed at the sharpness of the image compared to previous photos of herons I'd taken without a tripod. If you enlarge photo you will see how sharp, maybe crisp is a better word, the image is.
Waiting for me to leave so it could fly back to it's original roost in a willow tree over the water, where this particular heron roosts every night.
7 comments:
Wow yes ... great pics ... did you use a 300mm lens ...
... I've ruined countless shots because I don't use a tripod ... perhaps I should change my ways ...
Camera: Canon PowrShot SX40 HS. Zoom lens.
Focal length, 150.5mm
1/80s
f/8.0
iso100 for the first picture.
Focal lenght, 150.5mm
1/400s
f5.8
iso 500
for the second picture.
Was experimenting a bit.
I swear that you can even see the disgust in his eye!
Wow Phil, I enlarged the photos and they ARE crisp. I need to take out my tripod, walk into the nearby bush and seriously start taking photos again! Love Jo
A tripod definately takes the shake, rattle, and roll out of the pictures. Good photos.
Mark
Fabulous, Phil. I really need a tripod because I'm so shaky and wobbly. Good idea. I'll have to give it some serious thought when I get my good camera back from the repair shop.
K
I agree about the tripod... It especially works best when I'm using my 300mm lens.
Hubby uses a tripod when he takes his water pictures --such as the ones in today's blog post.
Great pictures of the heron...
Betsy
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