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Great Blue Herons

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Posted by Dan Walters on April 5, 2010 at 8:37 AM
Great Blue Herons
Pretty windy shooting the herons the other morning. This image is cropped, but I was trying to show the conditions. Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark2
500mm f/4L
Posted by Nick Moore on April 5, 2010 at 9:02 AM
Great light, and great pose in this image Dan!. I'm presuming the top Heron is very carefully perched on the very end of that one branch?, that must of been quite the balancing act in this weekend's wind!.
Posted by Dan Walters on April 5, 2010 at 9:26 AM
Thanks Nick. Actually, the top heron was trying to land. After a couple attempts, he ended up just flying into a pond on the other side of the road.
Posted by Kurt Bowman on April 5, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Nice Dan! I was thinking about posting the same series, but might change now so I don't look like a copy cat :biggrin: I like the crop you went with on this one and the angle they reate diagonally through the frame. Looks like they are stacked one on top of another.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on April 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM
Great one, Dan. I love the diagonal you have going on here.
Posted by Lynn Scott on April 5, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Great capture!
Posted by Stan Rose on April 5, 2010 at 3:33 PM
That brings a whole new meaning to compositional 'balance'!
Posted by Soubhik Patranabis on April 5, 2010 at 4:25 PM
Great Dan ! Nice light and beautiful composition ..
Posted by Steven Peckham on April 5, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Very nice work on this shot. Like the crop on the image and the similar posed birds. The gray clouds for a background complements the gray feathers.
Posted by Morris McClung on April 5, 2010 at 5:24 PM
Hang in there, baby! This definitely conveys the strength of the wind you experienced. Excellent shot.
Posted by John Mumaw on April 5, 2010 at 9:15 PM
Just when I think your heron images couldn't possibly get any better...

A magnificent moment and capture here, Dan!!
Posted by Steven Peckham on April 6, 2010 at 9:38 AM

Very nice work on this shot. Like the crop on the image and the similar posed birds.