On a cool autumn morning I found this Gray Heron fishing along the river bank. It seemed preoccupied with other nearby herons and allowed me to approach closer then usual.
Post-processing this image I strongly simplified the elements of the original photo. I don’t normally push post-processing as far as this, but sometimes stepping beyond “normal” [...]
If you want to be convinced that photographers are “real artist” then you just need to read a few photo blogs that contain written post as well as photos. It doesn’t matter which blogs you read as in most cases you’ll soon witness that creative angst, personal introspection and “suffering-for-the-art” is just as biting for [...]
Often getting a good photo is simply two parts prepared and one part lucky, as was the case when this white heron dropped into scene for a little early morning fishing.
He caught a number of fish and I got several photos. We both were happy!