{"id":15808,"date":"2014-09-12T03:24:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T09:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15808"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T21:33:54","slug":"little-blue-heron-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/09\/12\/little-blue-heron-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Blue Heron Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LittleLittle Blue Heron portrait – Nikon D200, handheld, f5.6, 1\/400, ISO 500, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

This is another image I came across last week and wondered why I hadn’t processed it because\u00a0I don’t have many Little Blue Heron portraits in my portfolio. I like the heron’s look of concentration and the color of the water.<\/p>\n

I had been photographing the Little Blue while sitting quietly in the lagoon and the heron moved much closer to me than I had expected a few times it came too close for me to focus on it.<\/p>\n

The heron didn’t seem to care at all about the crazy woman with the one big glass eye.<\/p>\n

I think I had never processed it because the neck of the bird isn’t sharply in focus due to my depth of field. I could have changed that but my shutter speed would have been too slow to photograph this active bird.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine says I am too tough on myself in regards to my photography. Maybe they are right.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This is another image I came across last week and wondered why I hadn’t processed it because I don’t have many Little Blue Heron portraits in my 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