Great Blue at Beaver Lake Wetlands
Dec 25, 2012 10:34:20 #
I came upon this beautiful Great Blue Heron suddently and when he (she) saw me and raised it's leg, it fluttered down to the water below it's perch. Unfortunately it happened to be frozen over and it skidded on it's claws flapping all the way. By the time I could get the next shot off (not set on burst mode), it had risen up and started to fly off across the partially frozen lake and swear it was watching me the whole time! :) The pix are the sequence described....
Pix were shot with my D800, Nikkor 28mm-300mm F3.5 zoom at 300mm, between 1/250 and 1/1000, F8, ISO 400
Pix were shot with my D800, Nikkor 28mm-300mm F3.5 zoom at 300mm, between 1/250 and 1/1000, F8, ISO 400
Dec 25, 2012 10:42:09 #
Great captures. Blues are my favorite bird to photograph, just look at my sig! Thank you for sharing.
Dec 25, 2012 12:37:56 #
Dec 25, 2012 12:38:57 #
Dec 26, 2012 05:47:15 #
mrjcall wrote:
I came upon this beautiful Great Blue Heron sudden... (show quote)
all of them are great but I love #3 and #4. Just marvellous :thumbup: :thumbup:
Dec 26, 2012 07:43:56 #
mrjcall wrote:
I came upon this beautiful Great Blue Heron sudden... (show quote)
That's a really nice set and you did a great job of following the GBH in flight :thumbup:
Dec 26, 2012 08:41:38 #
Dec 26, 2012 13:05:23 #
Beautiful shots, especially #4. I've never been able to such nice shots, of this bird.
Dec 26, 2012 13:42:18 #
Thanks for all the kind comments. Luck is certainly involved with the 'right time/right place' thing, but the key is to be ready, eh? :thumbup:
JC
JC
Dec 26, 2012 21:12:15 #
Really good shots mrjcall! Isn't it thrilling to catch these birds in flight?
Sue
Sue
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