Great Blue Heron in Winter, Salt Lake County, UtahGreat Blue Heron in Winter – Nikon D500, f8, 1/5000, ISO 640, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light

The temps have been high here in northern Utah this week and I felt the need to look through some of my winter images taken earlier this year because it helps me to remember that the seasons will change and before too long it will be cooler. Yesterday while I was culling images and avoiding the afternoon heat I came across a series of images that I had taken of a heron at my local pond a day or so after a February snow storm had blown through and viewing the photos seemed to make the heat outside seem a bit more bearable.

The Great Blue Heron had flown in and landed near the shoreline on the other side of the pond where the bank was covered with snow and the heron rested there for a bit. I was far enough away from the heron that at f8 I was able to get the heron and the snowy bank of the pond in sharp focus.

I remember that the air was cold and that I didn’t stay at the pond long because of that but that it also felt great to be out with some of the local birds on a sunny, clear winter afternoon.

Life is good.

Mia

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