1/28/2011: Tricolor, Viera Wetlands
On January 28, 2011 by lightshedder With 6 Comments
- birds, close up, digiscoped, Florida, Pic of the Day, wildlife
Tricolored Heron is among the most striking of the herons…more colorful by far than a GBH…but much harder to photograph. Unlike a GBH, the Tricolor rarely stands still, sits still, or is otherwise other than in rapid motion. Or so it seems most of the time. This bird was racing up and down the little band of open water next to the dyke at Viera, catching fish as it went. Getting it in frame was a challenge. Keeping it there more-so. Still, gotta try with a bird like this.
Canon SD4000IS behind the eyepiece of the 15-56x Vario eyepiece on the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL for the field of view of a 1000mm lens, 1/1250th @ ISO 200. Effective aperture of f5 (set by camera). Programmed auto.
Lightly processed in Lighroom for clarity and sharpness.
A very nice Photo, Love the water birds
The iomage of the Heron is very nice and sharp
did you use a Zoom for this –Barb
Used a P&S camera and a spotting scope 🙂
beautiful clarity & vibrant colours!!
Beautiful bird and photo.
Nice shots, Steve. I agree, Tricolored Herons are hard to get good shots of. (Reddish Egrets are much the same, in fact.) You got a couple of nice ones here, though!
Gosh, I hate to sound like a broken record, but these photos are just stunning. You find the most amazing things to photograph.