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Photo by Marc Meylemans

Great blue heron – dark portrait

This Great Blue Heron was fishing in my local nature preserve. I really like this pose that I captured with my Sony A7-4 and 200-600mm lens. I like the light that plays with the vertical lines and on top of that there is a drop of water falling off his beak in mid-air.

Editing notesUsed the Photo RAW 2027 MAX version (beta) to re-edit this picture from 2024. I chose a B&W effect with some color left in the eyes and beak of the bird. Made the background completely black and used some dark glow to enhance the light on the feathers. Highlighted the water drop in front of the heron's chest and used masks to darken the sides of the bird to make it more dramatic looking.

ILCE-7M4
ƒ/6.3
600mm
ISO 250
1/1000 sec

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