This great blue heron was fishing on a small local pond. We spent quite a bit of time getting close and also using the background to our advantage. This was taken late morning and the light was getting harsh. There was deep shade in the woods behind the bird, though, and by getting ourselves low we got this nice profile image of the heron perched on the fallen tree. Notice that even the little feather on the back of the neck is plainly visible against the dark background. It also helped that the fallen tree was away from the shoreline which allowed for slight blurring of the background. We had taken several photographs as the heron slowly walked around the branches when he suddenly opened his wings. The wings were spread for only a couple seconds but it was enough time for this shot.
100-400 lens at 400mm, 1/500 second at f/5.6, ISO 500.
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