{"id":2598,"date":"2011-11-27T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T06:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesentimentalbloke.com\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2011-11-27T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T06:22:13","slug":"wing-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/2011\/11\/wing-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Wing Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"White-necked Heron\" width=\"640\" height=\"506\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-1-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wildlife isn&#8217;t something that I am either equipped for or patient enough to specialise in, but this magnificent creature did all the right things for me. <\/p>\n<p>I took these images a couple of days after a workshop at Arkaroola last week.<\/p>\n<p>I had been working the Arkaroola waterhole with two very keen and experienced photographers when one spotted the bird, which is quite outstanding for this part of the world&#8230;.maybe a bit smaller than a wedge-tailed eagle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"White-necked Heron\" width=\"640\" height=\"558\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-2-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a White-necked Heron or Pacific Heron and I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s a little out of it&#8217;s normal habitat which is usually well established wetlands&#8230;.not semi-arid country and fast drying waterholes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"White-necked Heron\" width=\"3335\" height=\"3243\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-3.jpg 3335w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-3-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Heron-3-1024x995.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3335px) 100vw, 3335px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless it wasn&#8217;t keen to move from the pools in the Arkaroola Creek which is probably why I was able to see it some time after the first sighting.<\/p>\n<p>It also gave me enough time to set my focus to A1 Servo for moving objects and check the exposure.<\/p>\n<p>All were taken at f5.6, ISO 200 and focal length 300 mm. 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