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American Bittern (11)
sergegagne Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 150 W: 1 N: 136] (401)
I have been very luck to capture this American Bittern in the wild. The bird was at no more than 3 meters from me, standing still for a long period. The site is a natural wilderness park close to my home in Ile-Bizard (Montreal suburb), Canada. More precisely, I was in the part of the park where there is a large marsh crossed by a long wooden pathway which people use either on foot or on bike.
The photo was taken with a Canon 75-300 mm zoom open at 300 mm, in early afternoon with lots of natural light. No tripod. No post-processing.

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sergegagne Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 150 W: 1 N: 136] (401)
Botor d'Amérique
Edited by:Luc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1873 W: 304 N: 4300] (14729)

Ouverture, niveaux, courbes, couleurs, renforcement, enregistrement pour le web. Ce ne pourra jamais être plus beau que ce que tes yeux ont vus ce jour-là, mais c'est plus beau que ce que mes yeux n'ont pas vus...

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sergegagne Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 150 W: 1 N: 136] (401)
Values and USM
Edited by:RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)

I modified the values of contrast, saturate and brightness and I applied an Unsharp Mask to optimize the clearness.
I hope you like it.