Great Blue Heron

[tesarver]

I'm posting this here for several reasons. The 1st is that I did this in BW so that I was able to separate the heron from the green background better using tonal differences. So I know that this birders that shoot excellent images will frown on these being BW. The Next reason is that I had the wrong camera and lens with me, when the wife and I went for a walk. I took the EOS-M w/18-55mm lens, so I really had to crop these images.

With that said, I was pretty surprised how the EOS-M performed.


1/60 sec @ f/8, ISO 400


1/30 sec @ f/8, ISO 400


1/60 sec @ f/8, ISO 400

All at 55mm

Comments Welcomed
Tom

[Stan]

Re: Great Blue Heron

Apart from mono not really working Tom, apart from being wildlife, I don't think at least in the first two there is enough tonal range and the birds have lost a lot of definition probably due to the big crops

Stan

[El Sid]

Re: Great Blue Heron

Sorry Tom but no... The image quality is just not holding up through all the cropping and post processing.

Sometimes you just have to grit your teeth and bear with the frustration of not having the right gear at the right time...

[Tigger]

Re: Great Blue Heron

agree with the guys ....sorry Tom

[Nathaniel]

Re: Great Blue Heron

Tom, I would like to see wildlife in colour as it is far more natural-MHO. From the 3 shots I prefer the third one.

[2Beers]

Re: Great Blue Heron

Doesn't really work in mono for me I think I would prefer the shots in colour

[neilrich1966]

Re: Great Blue Heron

Not quite Tom.