Great Blue Heron...Up, Up, and Away: I am not a BIF shooter, but after looking at my photos of stationery GBHs, I decided I needed to be more patient and capture a bird "doing...

fiat76 Loc: PA, MD, and SC

I am not a BIF shooter, but after looking at my photos of stationery GBHs, I decided I needed to be more patient and capture a bird "doing something." Obviously I need more practice (images not tack sharp), but this is a start. I shot these out of the window of a three-story condo.

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Annie-Get-Your-Gun Loc: Byron Center, Mi

fiat76 wrote:

I am not a BIF shooter, but after looking at my photos of stationery GBHs, I decided I needed to be more patient and capture a bird "doing something." Obviously I need more practice (images not tack sharp), but this is a start. I shot these out of the window of a three-story condo.

Not bad - in fact, a fine capture of the heron. Taking into consideration you shot from the window of a 3 story condo, the results are unbelievable, fiat76

Paul Best. Loc: California desert

Hi Tony, Focus notwithstanding, picture number four is really a wonderful capture. What lens did you use?

fiat76 Loc: PA, MD, and SC

I used a Sony FE 4.5-5.6/ 70-300 G OSS

eagle80 Loc: Kutztown, PA

Great job.

fiat76 Loc: PA, MD, and SC

Thank-you, Annie-Get-Your-Gun, Paul Best, and eagle80! Your comments are greatly appreciated!

fiat76 Loc: PA, MD, and SC

fiat76 wrote:

I am not a BIF shooter, but after looking at my photos of stationary GBHs, I decided I needed to be more patient and capture a bird "doing something." Obviously I need more practice (images not tack sharp), but this is a start. I shot these out of the window of a three-story condo.

fiat76 Loc: PA, MD, and SC

fiat76 wrote:

I am not a BIF shooter, but after looking at my photos of stationary GBHs, I decided I needed to be more patient and capture a bird "doing something." Obviously I need more practice (images not tack sharp), but this is a start. I shot these out of the window of a three-story condo.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Great action series! The last shot should be hung on the wall.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

fiat76 wrote:

I am not a BIF shooter, but after looking at my photos of stationery GBHs, I decided I needed to be more patient and capture a bird "doing something." Obviously I need more practice (images not tack sharp), but this is a start. I shot these out of the window of a three-story condo.

rockdog Loc: Berkeley, Ca.

fiat76 wrote:

I am not a BIF shooter, but after looking at my photos of stationery GBHs, I decided I needed to be more patient and capture a bird "doing something." Obviously I need more practice (images not tack sharp), but this is a start. I shot these out of the window of a three-story condo.

This is an attractive set. Your vantage point will work for you and different light may yield more detail. I constantly struggle with the patience for my wildlife subjects to "do something" issue. Thanks for the reminder to have a little more patience!
I drove a red Fiat 124 Spider for all of the 70's, it was a lot of fun!
Phil

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Very nice set and number four looks great!

JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles

Great start.