Last year I 'discovered' a rookery of great blue heron just 10 minutes from our place. The birds roost high up in cottonwood trees and there is just a short window to observe nest building and courtship before leaves obscure everything (this year the window closed in early April). With increased tele-power of my newly acquired 400 lens I got some nice shots of the interactions of one heron couple. Interesting feather costume the birds display during courtship time.
Its been hit and miss to get sufficiently sharp images with the lens but looks like I'm finally getting the hang of it. Fast shutter speed and correct exposure seem to do the trick (or maybe I'm just building more muscle to hold the lens steady?).
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Great grey heron at rookery. 70D, 400 mm, ISO 800, f8, 1/800 |