There is nothing so photogenic as a great blue heron…or at least no bird that poses so well! For a digiscoper, trying to capture images through the eyepiece of a spotting scope, that is half the battle. These shots are from a dull, overcast morning in Ohio, a few hundred yards back from the shore of Lake Erie, in the ponds at East Harbor State Park near Port Clinton. I am still learning to use the Nikon Coolpix P300 in this application, and I had a new adapter for the scope as well…so I needed a bird that would sit. I took maybe 35 images of this bird, slowly working my way closer, before the demands of the day pulled me away. It was still sitting where I found it when I left.

Nikon Coolpix P300 behind the 15-56x Vario eyepiece on the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL spotting scope. 1) about 4500mm equivalent field of view, 1/30th @ ISO 400, f12 effective (limited by the scope), 2) 1050mm equivalent, 1/80th @ ISO 400, f4.5 effective (limited by the camera).

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and Sharpness.