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Garça-da-mata // Agami Heron

            (Agamia agami)
Rio Pixaim
Pantanal
Brasil

We only saw this heron on two occasions. The first time I didn't even try to use the camera, since she was in complete darkness and there were hundreds of branches in front of her.
Besides being very shy and  elusive, she would always "slide" behind the mangroves and lianas and you never had a "window" between the branches that allowed you to focus. 
The auto-focus almost drove me crazy.  It focuses every single branch except the heron.
Along with the obstacles in the line of sight and the lack of light we also had to deal with the fact that we were 4 photographers in a small boat where each of us tried (standing up, kneeling, semi-curved, etc) to find a window to allow us at least to focus the bird.
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Só vimos esta garça em duas ocasiões. Da primeira nem tentei fotografá-la, visto que estava em total escuridão e entre ela e nós havia centenas de ramos e cipós.
Para além de ser muito tímida e discreta nunca se consegue obter uma "janela" entre os ramos que permita a focagem. O auto-focus ia-me deixando louco. Focava tudo excepto a garça.
Param além dos obstáculos na linha de visão e da falta de luz também tivemos de lidar com o equilíbrio num barco onde estávamos 4 fotógrafos a tentar (de pé, ajoelhados, semi-curvados, etc.) obter uma janela que permitisse pelo menos focar a ave. 


   

Taken on: September 13, 2015

Tags:

Garça-da-mata

Agami Heron

Ardea Agami

Pantanal

Brasil

Brazil

PELECANIFORMES

Ardeidae

Garza agamí

Onoré agami

Agamia

Héron agami

Heron

Garza

Onoré

garça

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

garça-agami

Héron

IOC141

IOC141:seq=2637

IOC141:binomial=Agamia agami

IOC141:name=Agami Heron

species:number=501 « less

Sets appears in: • 25 - 03 - Brasil // Pantanal (2015) • A0 - 1F - PELECANIFORMES more » • A1 - 46 - Ardeidae • Agamia agami « less

Groups appears in: • Bird Images • BiRDS are Beautiful more » • Birding In The Wild • National Geographic Wild Life • Wildscreen Arkive • :: | Bird Photography |:: « less

Camera: Nikon D600, f/11.0, 1/400 sec, 550mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D600
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	550mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Return detected
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	Unknown (Unknown)
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.8.10
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