These photographs of a Striated Heron was taken on 1 November 2023 in Taman Tasik Shah Alam – a park in Malaysia. We wasn’t expecting to be taking photographs as the sunlight was rather harsh during the middle of the day. When this Striated Heron showed itself, I could resist and start snapping. To my surprise, the particular spot the heron was at had fairly decent soft filtered light.

The heron was on a path that is elevated. I was in a gully and pointed the camera at the bird while in a standing position. This provided a low camera position to capture these delightful images.

Nikon Z 9, AF-S NIKKOR 500MM F/5.6E PF ED VR, AF-S TC-14E III, FTZ II @ 700mm 1/640s f/8 ISO280