Great Blue Heron Portrait

Here is another image of the same great blue heron that I posted last week, this one a portrait. I have still not yet been able to return to the botanic gardens where this was taken to photograph the wood ducks. I think I will have to wait until spring break is over to avoid the crowds that usually come daily for picnics and other outdoor activities at the gardens before I can get back there to photograph the ducks. Hopefully I can return there next week.

For now, I hope you like this image!

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1/250 | f/8 | ISO 500

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Great Blue Heron

Sorry for the recent lack in posts, I have been pretty busy and have not had much time for photography this past month. Thankfully, I was able on Friday to go to the Botanic Gardens in Fort Worth with my family, a spot I have been wanting to return to but have not been able to in over a year. I went mainly to scout out the best places within the gardens to photograph wood ducks. There are streams and small ponds throughout the 109 acre gardens and I found several pairs foraging in many of them. I plan to return this week or next to focus on the wood ducks and will hopefully get to go back many times throughout the year as it looks like a very promising location, I am excited for sure. For now, here is a photo of a very cooperative GB Heron in one of the ponds, who was not very successful in catching something to eat, so thus no food in beak images! I slightly blurred the background here to give the subject some pop. I like the sense of habitat in this shot. Hope you like it.

Image Data:

1/80s. | f/8 | ISO 500

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