{"id":2984,"date":"2012-06-26T06:04:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T10:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2012-06-26T06:04:45","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T10:04:45","slug":"6262012-sunset-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2984","title":{"rendered":"6\/26\/2012: Sunset Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_7416-picsay.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/wpid-IMG_7416-picsay.jpg?w=904\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am in Virginia for a few days doing a corporate retreat <em>thingy<\/em> for work. We are at the Wyndham resorts Virginia Crossing facility which has a golf course and associated ponds, so, there being no official activities the first evening, after supper I took a walk down to the water to see what I could see. There was, surprisingly, a Kingfisher calling over the far pond, lots of dragonflies in the last of the sunlight (perhaps not so surprisingly), and eventually this Great Blue Heron standing against the setting sun reflected in the water. What could be finer? <\/p>\n<p>Canon SX40HS in Program with &#8211; 1\/3EV exposure compensation and ISO manually set to 800. f5.8 @1\/125th. 1080mm equivalent field of view.<\/p>\n<p>Processed on my Xoom Android Tablet in PicSay Pro for intensity, clarity, and sharpness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2984\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2984&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2984\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2984&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2984&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am in Virginia for a few days doing a corporate retreat thingy for work. 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