This Great Blue Heron was standing on the metal dock at the Charleston City Lake here in Arkansas. I come to this lake to photograph Bald Eagles but I see lots of different birds.

I was in the parking lot photographing this bird with my camera and lens resting on a bean bag draped over the open window of my pickup.
Gear:
- Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III
- Lens: Canon EF 500 mm f/4L IS
Technical:
- Location: City Lake, Charleston (Arkansas)
- Date & Time Taken: December 31, 2013 (09:34 A.M.)
- Aperture: f8.0
- Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec. (as determined by the camera)
- ISO: 320
- White Balance: Auto
- Metering Mode: Evaluative
- Exposure Compensation: 0
- Back-button Focus
- Single Point Continuous Auto Focus
- Focal Length: 500 mm
- Processed With Luminar 4