Mike's Birding & Digiscoping Blog: Early one morning at Horicon NWR...

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

At 12:46 PM, Amy said...: Awesome photo essay! Thanks for sharing it, Mike.
At 2:52 PM, Mike McDowell said...: Thanks, Amy!

Mike
At 7:54 AM, Anonymous said...: Really nice Mike.

Can you share how you got these shots and how you lit them??

Jim
At 12:12 PM, Mike McDowell said...: Hi Jim,

This series was digiscoped using my Swaro & Nikon 995 setup. The early morning sun provided all the lighting you see. I especially love the way the duckweed is illuminated in front of the bird via reflection off its feathers. Setting up the shot was relatively easy – I was hidden behind a row of cattails about 30 feet on the opposite side of a small pond. The Black-crowned Night Heron knew I was there as I moved in, but it seemed too fixed on catching this bullhead of a meal. The bird, fish and sun did the rest...I just kept pressing the shutter button.

Cheers,

Mike