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Jamie Felton's picture

The look of love

Two Great Blue Herons in breeding plumage totally wrapped up in each other.

Cover of National Wildlife Magazine Jan 2015
f/8 1/1000 ISO 200 Sony A550 Sony 70-400mm G lens.

My regular camera broke the day before. I was very unhappily using my backup camera. But I was also very surprised and happy that it made the cover of National Wildlife. Its also licensed for use on a greeting card and I've sold prints.

Sony A550
400mm · f/8 · 1/1000 · ISO 200
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3 Comments

Wow. Real strong image. Nailed the focus, captured a great moment. I game it a 5!

What an impressive image! I love everything about it ..... the perfectly clean background, the separation between the Heron's heads, and the depth of field which permits both heads to be tack sharp. You rock!

Really WOW. For me one of the best wildlife photos I've seen so far on this site. Great interaction, excellent postprocessing! No wonder that it made it on the cover of ... . It's an excellent proof for the fact that you don't (always) need a high-end camera to produce a top photo.