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Green heron
Zackiedawg

Green heron (Butorides virescens)

Short and stocky looking heron, usually found lurking along the water's edge, in the reeds, or on overhanging branches...they have a deceptively long neck that they use as part of their speargun-style fishing method
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Habitat
Wetlands
Location
Delray Beach, Florida
Date taken
January 5, 2020
Scientific name
Butorides virescens
Equipment used
Sony A6600, Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
481mm, F6.3, 1/500 shutter, 200 ISO
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Kits
A lovely setting for this well detailed close up study.
 
Weasel1
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Can't fault that, it has great focus, DOF and lighting.

As for lighting, you guys down in Florida always seem to have some of the best.
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
Zackiedawg
Date added
View count
274
Comment count
5

Image metadata

Device
SONY ILCE-6600
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
481.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500 second(s)
ISO
200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
4106233.jpg
File size
2 MB
Date taken
Sun, 05 January 2020 4:13 PM
Dimensions
2000px x 1332px

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