{"id":38184,"date":"2015-03-06T04:30:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=38184"},"modified":"2015-03-05T18:17:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T02:17:14","slug":"homage-to-the-gbh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/homage-to-the-gbh\/","title":{"rendered":"Homage to the GBH"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sharon & I are down in FL for the weekend for the FCCC Conference<\/a> (come by and say hi!). And here like everywhere in North America (even had one on the ice in the Arctic), the Great Blue Heron waits for the wildlife photographer. I think there’s not a wildlife photographer, anywhere who hasn’t photographed with great earnest the GBH. They are big so you don’t need a lot of lens to get a great image size. They are pretty darn forgiving for all the silly things wildlife photographers do so build our patience. And they really aren’t too bad lookin. And these graceful birds, well, even with all their good intentions, they don’t always come out looking as majestic in some photos as they should. They definitely come under the banner of common, so we must strive to portray them in an uncommon way. There are many ways of doing this, in this instance, I was lying on the sand shooting with a slowish shutter speed to capture some movement while freezing other. Shooting with the D4s<\/a> \/ 800mm<\/a> on a Panning Plate<\/a>, I used foreground and background as part of the competition. Then I was tight and waited for that gesture to make an unusual photo of this common critter. So, if you’re a wildlife photographer, at some point a Great Blue Heron gave you some time to practice your craft and set the hook as a wildlife photographer a little deeper. So, go out and capture that uncommon photo and pay homage to the GBH! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Homage to the GBH<\/a><\/blockquote>