Just Cruisin' Down the River
Jul 13, 2020 22:02:44 #
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
A short stocky member of the Heron family which usually stands on the bank, a rock or perches on a low tree branch to hunt.
Because of the short legs when it hunts in the water it prefers shallow water with a rocky or sand bottom.
I often see them gliding with almost no wing flapping except to regain speed. They like wooded or brushy bodies of water and nest in thick areas of brush on shore.
From a slight distance they look all dark but up close or with good light they are pretty colorful with shades of dark green, reddish brown, yellow feet etc.
6D, 100-400L mk1 @ 285, 1/2599 @ f/8.0 ISO-4000
hand held at about 25 yards, back lighting by early afternoon light. I had been doing ducks up close when I saw it come cruising south bound and snapped off a burst as I tracked it past me. I never changed the zoom so this is a radical crop - redone in my new software from the OOC.
A short stocky member of the Heron family which usually stands on the bank, a rock or perches on a low tree branch to hunt.
Because of the short legs when it hunts in the water it prefers shallow water with a rocky or sand bottom.
I often see them gliding with almost no wing flapping except to regain speed. They like wooded or brushy bodies of water and nest in thick areas of brush on shore.
From a slight distance they look all dark but up close or with good light they are pretty colorful with shades of dark green, reddish brown, yellow feet etc.
6D, 100-400L mk1 @ 285, 1/2599 @ f/8.0 ISO-4000
hand held at about 25 yards, back lighting by early afternoon light. I had been doing ducks up close when I saw it come cruising south bound and snapped off a burst as I tracked it past me. I never changed the zoom so this is a radical crop - redone in my new software from the OOC.
Jul 13, 2020 22:14:14 #
Jul 13, 2020 22:23:32 #
You captured a beauty. And yes Green Herons are beautiful birds in good lighting.
Jul 13, 2020 22:37:15 #
What a beautiful bird and a great capture. Download is terrific. Mahalo for sharing.
Jul 13, 2020 23:09:35 #
kpmac wrote:
Very nice. I have one as my laptop background that I took several months ago.
Thanks Back in 2015 when I posted the first version someone on UHH asked to use it. I think it was an on-line newsletter for a Retirement community next to a wildlife refuge in Florida. My first, and only, on-line published photo.
Jul 13, 2020 23:09:57 #
Hereford wrote:
You captured a beauty. And yes Green Herons are beautiful birds in good lighting.
Thank you.
Jul 13, 2020 23:10:17 #
JoAnneK01 wrote:
What a beautiful bird and a great capture. Download is terrific. Mahalo for sharing.
Thanks a lot.
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Jul 14, 2020 06:13:46 #
Excellent shot. Just curious though, does your camera have infinitely variable shutter speeds? Or do all cameras have that and I just never new it? A 1/2599 sec shutter speed?
Jul 14, 2020 07:38:02 #
robertjerl wrote:
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) br A short stock... (show quote)
Excellent capture!
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