Dancing Grey Heron

[Rubber Soul]

My knowledge about grey herons is very limited.
The heron would leap in the air flap its wings, land and repeat the same action.

Grey heron dancing by Gary Cantwell, on Flickr

Grey heron dancing 2 by Gary Cantwell, on Flickr

Grey heron dancing 3 by Gary Cantwell, on Flickr

Lift off by Gary Cantwell, on Flickr

 

[holty]

good shots Gary
where was it ?

 

[gramps]

Nice sharp images Gary but mostly slightly under-exposed again (f9) I'm sure you could adjust settings ... do you use Auto-ISO?
I can;t explain this behaviour and I haven't seen it myself, best guess is just happily trying its wings out ... or maybe it's eaten something that's trying to climb back out!

 

[Kodiak Qc]

I can;t explain this behaviour and I haven't seen it myself, best guess is just happily trying its wings out ... or maybe it's eaten something that's trying to climb back out!

I did observed that behaviour but at the marsh,
in shallow waters. I did not get the why but your
suggestion that "maybe it's eaten something that's
trying to climb back out" is quite interesting!

In terms of digital photography, I would not chose
the word "underexposed"*** though since modern
converters can handle that pretty well but I under-
stand what you mean and agree.

Gary, may I dare suggest…

***
I was wondering what to call this in digital terms
and "under rendered" is all I came up with but, as
it is working well in French, I don't know how to
express that idea in English!

 

[Rubber Soul]

good shots Gary
where was it ?

Thanks for commenting.
There were taken at the South Inch (local park) in Perth.

 

[Rubber Soul]

Nice sharp images Gary but mostly slightly under-exposed again (f9) I'm sure you could adjust settings ... do you use Auto-ISO?
I can;t explain this behaviour and I haven't seen it myself, best guess is just happily trying its wings out ... or maybe it's eaten something that's trying to climb back out!

Thanks Rodger for your input it is appreciated.
With this sequence of shots, I meant to dial in a faster SS but changed the aperture .
Normally I use auto ISO, but with these shots I set the ISO at 800.

 

[Rubber Soul]

I did observed that behaviour but at the marsh,
in shallow waters. I did not get the why but your
suggestion that "maybe it's eaten something that's
trying to climb back out" is quite interesting!

In terms of digital photography, I would not chose
the word "underexposed"*** though since modern
converters can handle that pretty well but I under-
stand what you mean and agree.

Gary, may I dare suggest…

***
I was wondering what to call this in digital terms
and "under rendered" is all I came up with but, as
it is working well in French, I don't know how to
express that idea in English!

First of all Daniel thanks for taking the time to edit my image. I do like to see what others can do with my images.