I photographed a Great Blue Heron sunning itself on a cool April morning at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. It is neat how they droop their wings like this.

How I Got The Shot: Great Blue Heron Sunning Itself

I had my camera and lens resting on a bean bag draped over the open window of my pickup.

Gear Used:

• Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
• Lens: Canon EF100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II With EF 1.4X III Extender

Technical:

• Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge (Oklahoma)
• Date and Time Taken: April 19, 2018 (07:40 A. M.)
• Aperture: f8
• Shutter speed: 1/2000
• ISO: 640
• White Balance: Auto
• Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
• Metering Mode: Evaluative
• Back-button Focus
• Single Point Auto Focus
• Exposure Compensation: -0.3
• Focal Length: 560 mm
• Processed With Luminar 4

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This Great Blue Heron had a problem. I’m not sure what it was. I never did see it cough anything up.

I was parked on the side of the auto tour road at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. I was in an area known as Tuff Pond which is near the Tuff boat ramp. My camera and lens were resting on a bean bag draped over the open window of my pickup.

Gear Used:

• Camera: Fujifilm X-T3
• Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II (attached with a Fringer EF-FX Pro)

Technical:

• Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge (Oklahoma)
• Date and Time Taken: May 7, 2021 (08:55 A. M.)
• Aperture Priority
• Aperture: f8
• Shutter speed: 1/1700 (as determined by the camera)
• ISO: 2500
• White Balance: Auto
• Metering Mode: Multi
• Back-button Focus
• Single Point Auto Focus
• Exposure Compensation: 0
• Focal Length: 400 mm
• Processed With Luminar 4

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This Great Blue Heron was hunting in a flooded roadside ditch at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. This is the same ditch that I photographed a Barred Owl Hunting A Roadside Ditch.

I had my camera and lens resting on a bean bag draped over the open window of my pickup.

Gear Used:

• Camera: Fujifilm X-T3
• Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II (attached with a Fringer EF-FX Pro)

Technical:

• Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge (Oklahoma)
• Date and Time Taken: April 18, 2010 (07:49 A. M.)
• Aperture Priority
• Aperture: f5.6
• Shutter speed: 1/1300 (as determined by the camera)
• ISO: 2500
• White Balance: Auto
• Metering Mode: Multi
• Back-button Focus
• Single Point Continuous Auto Focus
• Exposure Compensation: -1.0
• Focal Length: 400 mm
• Processed With Luminar 4

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I photographed this Great Blue Heron flying over an area called the Lower Scarborough. This was at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

I had my camera and lens resting on a bean bag draped over the open window of my pickup.

Gear Used:

• Camera: Fujifilm X-T3
• Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS II (attached with a Fringer EF-FX Pro)

Technical:

• Location: Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge (Oklahoma)
• Date and Time Taken: April 4, 2021 (08:59 A. M.)
• Aperture Priority
• Aperture: f5.6
• Shutter speed: 1/2900 (as determined by the camera)
• ISO: 400
• White Balance: Auto
• Metering Mode: Multi
• Back-button Focus
• Single Point Continuous Auto Focus
• Exposure Compensation: -0.67
• Focal Length: 400 mm
• Processed With Luminar 4

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