Great Blue Heron & Black-Crowned Nigh Heron

Raphy

Some photos from Monday of a Great Blue Heron and juvi Black-Crowned Nigh Heron taken with Nikon D200 with Nikkor 80-200mm 2.8 AF-D and 1.4X Kenko TC.

dlplumer

Beautiful shots indeed. Love that first one.

dbaker1221

very well done!!!!:ivar

Travis

Nice captures. I really like 1, 2,3 and 5. 4 doesn't do much for me but that is probably just a preferance thing. Did you crop these or were you able to get that tight with a 200mm? If so, you must have one heck of a camoflage suit!

Raphy

Thanks guys - Travis, the only one that is cropped is the last one...all the others are taken with the 200mm & 1.4X TC.

dlplumer

Raphy wrote:

Thanks guys - Travis, the only one that is cropped is the last one...all the others are taken with the 200mm & 1.4X TC.

So how did you ger so close

jonh68

Great shots!

I am going to take guess on my experience with herons that these may be used to getting fish from fisherman/castnetters. I have found some juvenile black-crowns to be tolerant of people to a point.

Raphy

dlplumer wrote:

So how did you ger so close

It's a secret..MUhahauhauah !!! ... well actually, this heron has been hanging out in pond in the park for a few days and is VERY tamed and that juvi BCNH almost fell asleep after eating the worm...

SteveF

The lines of the ripples on the bg of the first one are really outstanding. Makes for a great framing of the bird.

For me I'd like the bird to stand out a little more from the bg - applying a slight S curve to just the bird should do it. See what you think.

denisegoldberg

All I can say is wow! I really love that first shot.

--- Denise

Maestro

Very nice set.

Cato

Super shots! My faves are 1 & 5.

On #1, the fish looks very unhappy. :cry

Giphsub

Good set I like that first one.

evil eggplant

Great that you got so close. Love the shot of the juvenile..

Raphy wrote:

Some photos from Monday of a Great Blue Heron and juvi Black-Crowned Nigh Heron taken with Nikon D200 with Nikkor 80-200mm 2.8 AF-D and 1.4X Kenko TC.