Finally - I've got a Heron in flight.

[Brachytron]

I've tried for months to capture a Heron in flight, and today while watching a pair of swans, this one flew past . Typical that the weather wasn't too good (snowing again), but I did manage a few sharp pictures, but needed to use 1600 ISO to capture the movement. Canon 40D + 55-250mm IS lens at full stretch.

C&C welcome - thanks

 

[Euan]

really like that, well done!

 

[u8myufo]

Nowt wrong with that shot Mark Lovely image

 

[nigpd]

Once again, nicely caught and nicely exposed Mark. The colours of the heron look good against the colour of the background. Great stuff

 

[GREENGRASS]

Top shot Mark well done.
More to come hopefully.
Paul.

 

[artyman]

Nice capture, I'm still waiting to get one I'm happy with.

 

[whooshdemon]

Must have made your day. Heron's can be such gits - dashing off just when you've prepared yourself for them.. then they suddenly appear when you didn't even know one was close.
Great you had the reflexs to catch this.

 

[mtracerz]

Great Capture!
Must be a relief.
Very sharp colours, and the colour of the background works well.
I would maybe clone out the streaks on snow that are dotted around, just a minor thing though.

 

[Rovers_Andy]

Well caught and timed but it looks a little soft to me :shrug:

You've done a good job with the exposure though, i always find its tricky to pull the detail out on the underside of a heron.

 

[Brachytron]

Well caught and timed but it looks a little soft to me :shrug:

You've done a good job with the exposure though, i always find its tricky to pull the detail out on the underside of a heron.

I agree that it is a little soft, probably due to the noise removal, 1/160th sec and my 55-250mm lens, which is great but perhaps not up to the job. I am saving for the 300mm f4 L (new version due soon), which should help.