{"id":14587,"date":"2014-03-21T04:43:31","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T10:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14587"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:48:57","slug":"a-wind-blown-great-blue-heron-photographed-using-different-angles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/03\/21\/a-wind-blown-great-blue-heron-photographed-using-different-angles\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Blown Great Blue Heron Photographed Using Different Angles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GreatGreat Blue Heron with sand in the background – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1500, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

These Great Blue Heron photos were taken of the same bird, photographed at same location on the same day just\u00a0one minute apart. When I created the photo with the sand in the background I was laying down on a small sand dune and took the photo with my camera about level with the wind blown heron. That showed the sandy beach in the background and the water of the Gulf of Mexico near the top of the frame.<\/p>\n

\"RestingResting Great Blue Heron – Nikon D200, handheld, \u00a0f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm at 250mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

For the second image I had sand-crawled a little closer to the heron and aimed my camera lens at a more upward angle. By doing so I eliminated the sand behind the heron and had the clear blue sky for a background.<\/p>\n

These wind blown Great Blue Heron images are only six frames apart but the backgrounds are very different.<\/p>\n

The difference in the angle of my lens created the two different backgrounds. When I am photographing I often look for opportunities like I had with this\u00a0Great Blue Heron\u00a0to change my angle or the angle of my lens to experiment. With some habitats it can make a huge difference in the final results, in this case I like both presentations and backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Images were created in March of 2009 at Fort De Soto County Park<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Great Blue Heron photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These Great Blue Heron photos were taken of the same bird, photographed at same location on the same day just one minute apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,704,166,2000],"tags":[4004,210,4117,211,859,4039,4142,3987,4077,8378,627,626,169,4046,4017,4018,313,5361,4989],"class_list":["post-14587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-great-blue-herons","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-adult","tag-angles","tag-ardea-herodias","tag-background","tag-backgrounds","tag-beach","tag-close-up","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-habitats","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-perspective","tag-portrait","tag-sand","tag-sky","tag-wading-birds","tag-wind","tag-wind-blown"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/great-blue-heron-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8078.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3Nh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14742,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/04\/12\/surf-side-sentinel\/","url_meta":{"origin":14587,"position":0},"title":"Great Blue Heron Surf-side Sentinel","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Great Blue Herons are wading birds that I photographed quite often at Fort De Soto County Park's north beach while I lived in Florida.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Great Blue Heron as a Surf-side Sentinel, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/great-blue-heron-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8069.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/great-blue-heron-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8069.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/great-blue-heron-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8069.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6365,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/15\/ive-got-the-blues-great-blue-herons-that-is\/","url_meta":{"origin":14587,"position":1},"title":"I’ve Got The Blues – Great Blue Herons That Is!","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems I have always had a fondness for Great Blue Herons although I don't recall the first time I ever saw one. 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