…morning light is magic…

Great Blue Heron Golden Silhouette

My first trip to Bolivar Flats along the Texas gulf coast in 2020 was magical.  One of the rare times when the Gulf of Mexico was very calm and the pre-dawn light was amazing.  Caught this great blue heron coming in for a landing and was able to get some decent shots with very slow shutter speeds @ 1/100 & 1/80 sec.  Had to crank my ISO up to 6400 and use 1 2/3 exposure compensation as it was before the sun came up.  Wish that I would have used ISO 10,000.

Taken with Canon 1DX and Canon 500mm F4 IS II with 1.4X III teleconverter mounted on Skimmer ground pod with Wilberley II gimbal head

1/100 sec @ F5.6, ISO 6400, evaluative metering, + 1 2/3 exposure compensation, from ground pod

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1/80 sec @ F5.6, ISO 6400, evaluative metering, + 1 2/3 exposure compensation, from ground pod

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This entry was posted on January 26, 2020 by . It was filed under Birds and was tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , .

2 responses

  1. jptetlow

    They give me the feeling ” all is right at the start of a new day”.

    January 26, 2020 at 10:34 am

  2. Tim Timmis

    Thank you very much James! Was a great start to the day.

    January 31, 2020 at 8:41 pm

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