1502_1211 Great Blue Heron - a photo on Flickriver

1502_1211 Great Blue Heron

            My post from yesterday did not appear in the defective and constantly buggy Activity Feed, so it received 0 faves and only 3 comments. Flickr is looking into it. I know lots of us are having similar "issues"... anyway, it's a new day, let's see what happens with this.

Still at Muir Beach, northwest of Sooke on Vancouver Island. This Great Blue Heron was actively fishing on the rocky shore, and having great success. Here, it has just given its head a shake. I found a good working distance at which it seemed unconcerned. I'm sure it helped that no other humans were on the beach that February day. Cloudy bright sky, threatening rain but not raining, nice soft light. 

Conventional wisdom says minimize white sky in most photo situations, but that's just another rule, and rules are made to be broken. Here the white sky became a negative space that resulted in a clean, uncluttered look that I liked a lot. 

Photographed on southern Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2015 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Shirley (show map)

Taken on: February 13, 2015

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Great Blue Heron

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Sets appears in: • Best 2015 • BC Wildlife more » • Birds of North America • Long-legged Wading Birds • Muir Beach « less

Groups appears in: • Birds Photos - Check out the new discussions! • All birds all the time more » • Birding In The Wild • Capture Nature / No human elements / No zoo or people shots • Living Life Through A Lens • Audubon magazine • Wild Birds of North America • Birds of any kind • As Aves que me Rodeiam | Birds Around Me • Flickr Wildlife « less

Camera: Nikon D800, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, 700mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	500.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	700mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.5 (Macintosh)
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