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Canon 1DX : 100-400 II @ 400mm : f/8 : 1/1250s

https://michaeltowster.smugmug.com/Travels/Perdido-Key/Birds
 
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kodakrome said:
Great Blue Herons. Some days you can get pretty close.
Other days... not so much.
All taken with 6D and 400 5.6L
I'm almost never able to get close enough for anything less than 600mm (300mm + 2x extender) and still significant cropping. The GBH's around here are very skittish

Click said:
Very nice series, kodakrome. :)

+1, very nice!
 
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bholliman said:
kodakrome said:
Great Blue Herons. Some days you can get pretty close.
Other days... not so much.
All taken with 6D and 400 5.6L
I'm almost never able to get close enough for anything less than 600mm (300mm + 2x extender) and still significant cropping. The GBH's around here are very skittish

Click said:
Very nice series, kodakrome. :)

+1, very nice!

Thank you, bholliman. I guess I'm pretty fortunate where I live. I'm on the coast of South Carolina, and there's a saltwater marsh I go to that's loaded with GBH's and great egrets. Sometimes, they let me get to within 12 - 15 feet of them.
 
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