10 June 2021

Grey heron and small birds | Table Bay Nature Reserve


Grey Heron in Flight Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island Milnerton Photo Vernon Chalmers
With a slight over the sea and the Diep River I  took the relatively short hike to the Table Bay Reserve, Woodbridge Island just after 09;30 this morning 
Still quite wet underfoot I scanned the reserve and was greeted with a few white-breasted cormorants, reed cormorants, Cape spur fowls and quite a few grey herons. 

Overhead was a fly past  of one of the black headed herons, yellow-billed ducks, a pied king fisher and an abundance of small birds (Cape sparrows / Sothern mask weavers, Southern red bishops  and Levaillant's  cisticolas). 

Birds of the morning:
  • Grey Heron in flight (first two images)
  • Southern red bishop female
  • Levaillant's  cisticolas

Cape Town Location
Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island, Milnerton

Canon Camera / Lens Settings
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II Body
  • EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
  • Manual Mode: Auto-ISO: 250 - 800
  • Aperture: f/5.6
  • Shutter Speed: 1/1000 - 1/3200
  • AI Servo: Case 1: Wide Zone
  • 10 fps High Speed Continuous Mode
  • Handheld

Post-Processing
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 9.4: Cropping. Colour correction / noise reduction / lens profile correction


Grey Heron in flight Closer Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island Milnerton Photo Vernon Chalmers
Grey Heron in flight Closer Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island Milnerton

Southern Red Bishop Female Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island Milnerton Photo Vernon Chalmers
Southern Red Bishop Female Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island Milnerton

Levaillant's Cisticola Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island Milnerton Photo Vernon Chalmers
Levaillant's Cisticola Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island Milnerton

Birds in Flight Photography Cape Town View

Bird Species Woodbridge Island, Cape Town View