bluezzzzz Loc: Stamping Ground, KY

There is a spot here in Georgetown that I discovered several years ago that has been one of my go to spots to photograph green herons during their breeding seasons here in KY.


I'd been watching for several minutes before I even saw the heron, they can stand so still and blend in perfectly.

GreenHeron in DuckweedOne16Jul2021 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


Duckweed covered the water and I don't know how the heron could even see anything, but after a couple of lightning steps it struck into the water.

GreenHeronInDuckweedTwo16Jul2021 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr

Apparently being covered with duckweed was not in the plan, so the heron, after catching something, don't know what, launched itself straight up out of the water.

GreenHeronInDuckweedThree16Jul2021 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


I was shooting on high speed continuous since seeing it on the rock, and the action happened so quickly the the last frame of the burst only showed two orange feet at the very top of the frame. lol!

GreenHeronInDuckweedFour16Jul2021 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


Marshall

phv Loc: Goleta, California

Pretty nice!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Great set.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Another outstanding set, Marshall!