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Nov 18, 2020 15:39:07   #
erickter Loc: Dallas,TX
 
These were taken over the past few days around the yard at our newly built home in East Dallas. Shooting toward the bright sun was challenging. Herons and egrets feed at our pond regularily. I snuck outside as quitely as possible. The Heron looked straight toward me at times, but didn't mind my presense as long as I remaied still and stayed about 150 feet away. Sometimes I have to use our house as a blind to avoid spooking the birds, but I avoid it as much as possible because shooting thur dual pane tinted windows degrades sharpeness and reduces 2 stops of light.
Snake might be a young Hog snake. Very small: Maybe 1" in diameter and 18" long.
Shot from 7 feet away; Close enough. Canon 7DM2 with 100-400L II.


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Nov 18, 2020 15:45:55   #
PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago
 
erickter wrote:
These were taken over the past few days around the yard at our newly built home in East Dallas. Shooting toward the bright sun was challenging. Herons and egrets feed at our pond regularily. I snuck outside as quitely as possible. The Heron looked straight toward me at times, but didn't mind my presense as long as I remaied still and stayed about 150 feet away. Sometimes I have to use our house as a blind to avoid spooking the birds, but I avoid it as much as possible because shooting thur dual pane tinted windows degrades sharpeness and reduces 2 stops of light.
Snake might be a young Hog snake. Very small: Maybe 1" in diameter and 18" long.
Shot from 7 feet away; Close enough. Canon 7DM2 with 100-400L II.
These were taken over the past few days around the... (show quote)


Eric, Super sharp captures. Looks like your new home pond will be a great place for you to create awesome images. Thanks for sharing. Stay well and safe and keep on posting.Stan

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Nov 18, 2020 15:50:27   #
Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona
 
Cool set for sure. Wonderful capture of the snake

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Nov 18, 2020 15:50:35   #
erickter Loc: Dallas,TX
 
PixelStan77 wrote:
Eric, Super sharp captures. Looks like your new home pond will be a great place for you to create awesome images. Thanks for sharing. Stay well and safe and keep on posting.Stan


Thanks Stan. Glad I told builder to leave the pond.

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Nov 18, 2020 16:09:43   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
Nice bird, but the snake is spectacular and takes the prize!

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Nov 18, 2020 16:23:35   #
Ourspolair
 
Great captures all. Lovely BIFs with the Heron - good timing. Not fond of snakes, but this is a well-rendered capture, spot-on with the composition. Please stay well and keep on sharing.

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Nov 18, 2020 16:52:17   #
L-Fox
 
erickter wrote:
These were taken over the past few days around the yard at our newly built home in East Dallas. Shooting toward the bright sun was challenging. Herons and egrets feed at our pond regularily. I snuck outside as quitely as possible. The Heron looked straight toward me at times, but didn't mind my presense as long as I remaied still and stayed about 150 feet away. Sometimes I have to use our house as a blind to avoid spooking the birds, but I avoid it as much as possible because shooting thur dual pane tinted windows degrades sharpeness and reduces 2 stops of light.
Snake might be a young Hog snake. Very small: Maybe 1" in diameter and 18" long.
Shot from 7 feet away; Close enough. Canon 7DM2 with 100-400L II.
These were taken over the past few days around the... (show quote)



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Nov 18, 2020 19:31:04   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
Very nicely done. If the heron finds that snake it's bye-bye snake.

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Nov 18, 2020 22:52:56   #
erickter Loc: Dallas,TX
 
Thank you.

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Nov 18, 2020 22:54:19   #
erickter Loc: Dallas,TX
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
Nice bird, but the snake is spectacular and takes the prize!


Thank you!

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Nov 18, 2020 22:56:35   #
erickter Loc: Dallas,TX
 
Ourspolair wrote:
Great captures all. Lovely BIFs with the Heron - good timing. Not fond of snakes, but this is a well-rendered capture, spot-on with the composition. Please stay well and keep on sharing.


Thanks!

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Nov 19, 2020 05:11:56   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
erickter wrote:
These were taken over the past few days around the yard at our newly built home in East Dallas. Shooting toward the bright sun was challenging. Herons and egrets feed at our pond regularily. I snuck outside as quitely as possible. The Heron looked straight toward me at times, but didn't mind my presense as long as I remaied still and stayed about 150 feet away. Sometimes I have to use our house as a blind to avoid spooking the birds, but I avoid it as much as possible because shooting thur dual pane tinted windows degrades sharpeness and reduces 2 stops of light.
Snake might be a young Hog snake. Very small: Maybe 1" in diameter and 18" long.
Shot from 7 feet away; Close enough. Canon 7DM2 with 100-400L II.
These were taken over the past few days around the... (show quote)

Nice set

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Nov 19, 2020 05:46:27   #
Wes Loc: Dallas
 
We built our new home on a creek lot in Richardson sixty years ago and we're enjoyed it each season. My best shots are of the Mallard couple that return every year and a shot of Mama with ten duckling emerging from under the Cottonwood Creek Bridge.

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Nov 19, 2020 06:33:45   #
nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL
 
Very nicely done!

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Nov 19, 2020 08:26:41   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 
Nice catches. As much as I don't like snakes , some great work.

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