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| Nikon D750, Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6e @ 500mm, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 1600 |
Recently, I worked in Whitmore Lake, Mi and stayed in Brighton, Mi nearby for the main purpose of hoping to visit Kensington Metropark at some point during my stay. I had learned the Great Blue Herons were busy with nesting activities and an Osprey pair were back and busy with the same which I wrote about here and here.
One night after work I rushed over there having about an hour before sunset. It had been cold and raining most of the day but there were now peeks of sunshine here and there between the cloud cover. As I was trying to shoot the Herons and Egrets going about their activities I realized pretty quickly I'd have to move from the boardwalk because that had me shooting into the direction of the sun which silhouetted the birds. As I was moving toward the woods south and west of the boardwalk to take up a different position two Sandhill Cranes were walking toward me on the narrow path. I stopped briefly to check the position of the sun and amount of cloud cover and while doing so the cranes walked right passed me. I ignored them photographically because the sun was hidden by clouds so the light was just not interesting. As I moved on just a few steps there was a break in the clouds that allowed the sun to shine thru so I turned to check the cranes and got a few shots with nice light on them. These are a couple of those shots. Note how they are facing west by the shadow cast which puts the sun at my back. Now was the time to trip the shutter.
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| Nikon D750, Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6e @ 500mm, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 1600 |
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