White Faced heron

Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae Genus: Egretta Species: novaehollandiae Probably not the best pose but, if you look through a number of images on this site, you will notice that I have a fascination with bird's eyes. More conventional poses are shown on subsequent links- click below Technical details Konica_Minolta Dynax 5D Focal length : 300mm Apeture : F7.1 Shutter speed : 1/800 ISO : 100 Date : Feb 2006 further images

Technical details Konica_Minolta Dynax 5D Lens Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 Focal length : 500mm Aperture : F10.0 Shutter speed : 1/400 ISO : 200 File size (original) : 4.2MB Date : Nov 2006

Technical details Konica_Minolta Dynax 5D Lens Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 Focal length : 500mm Aperture : F11.0 Shutter speed : 1/1000 ISO : 800 Date : Apr 2007

The bird above is a young one..other images taken on the day show it being fed Technical details Sony Alpha 700 Lens Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 Focal length : 230mm Aperture : F6.3 Shutter speed : 1/3200 ISO : 640 Date : Feb 2008