White-faced Heron colour-coordinated with its background
White-faced Heron colour coordinating itself with the wharf
Canon EOS R5 Mk II with a Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM Zoom [ISO 640, 500mm, f/8.0 and 1/2500])
I will be honest, this is not the most exciting picture of a White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae). Indeed, I was almost going to skip it when I was processing my photos but I thought that I would at least process one of the images that I took of the bird. It was only when I started processing the image that I realised how colour coordinated it was. The yellow of the bird matched the yellow boundary paint. The plumage matched the wood’s colour and even the heron’s white face almost matched the wharf’s pylons. In the end, I was happy that I took this photo just because of the way that the colours seem to match. It is a very common bird in Australia, found across most of the country, except in the driest parts. It feeds on small creatures it finds in the shallow water or the exposed shore, and may also raid fish ponds in houses. While it is generally a quiet bird, it does have a honking-like call when disturbed.
