I photographed this Great Blue Heron with a shad at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. This was in February 2012. I am not seeing many of these birds this winter like I normally do. Maybe they are in the backwater areas and far from the auto tour road.
I parked on the side of the auto tour road. This Heron was on the south side of the road across from Tuff pond (Arkansas River). I had my camera and lens resting on a bean bag draped over the open window of my pickup.
Gear Used:
- Camera: Canon 7D
- Lens: Canon EF 500 mm f/4L IS
Technical:
- Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge (Oklahoma)
- Date & Time Taken: February 19, 2012 (08:56 A.M.)
- Aperture Priority
- Aperture: f8.0
- Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec. (as determined by the camera)
- ISO: 640
- White Balance: Auto
- Metering Mode: Evaluative
- Exposure Compensation: -1/3
- Back-button Focus
- Single Point Continuous Auto Focus
- Focal Length: 500 mm
- Processed With Luminar 4