Great Heron

Mathieu05Mathieu05 Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
edited March 7, 2012 in Wildlife
Took this shot of a Heron on one of our local Park ponds.

C&C are very much welcome.


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Purple Heron by Chris Odchigue | Photography, on Flickr
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  • NorthernFocusNorthernFocus Registered Users Posts: 1,347 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2012
    Great timing on the shot caught the bird in an interesting position. Lighting is dark on the bird and the color seems a bit over saturated.
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  • Mathieu05Mathieu05 Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2012
    Thank you Dan. i might dodge this image a little bit.
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  • IntrepidBerkeleyExplorerIntrepidBerkeleyExplorer Registered Users Posts: 80 Big grins
    edited March 3, 2012
    Fantastic photo of the Heron in flight. Dealing with proper bird names may be impossible, and you wisely avoided the problem. Most likely it's a Great Blue Heron, among a variety of potential candidates. None of the other Herons have been dubbed "great". I am easily confused on this subject, hesitant to be wrong. We can at least rule out the Great Egret, which is white. But Egrets come in other colors as well.
  • Mathieu05Mathieu05 Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2012
    Thanks IBE :) i'm not familiar with birds but i know this one is one of the Heron family so i just played it safely :)
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2012
    Nice capture of a great blue heron but over saturated for my taste.
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  • Mathieu05Mathieu05 Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2012
    Thank you harry, i might lessen the sat.
    Chris Odchigue | Photography

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  • fool4thecityfool4thecity Registered Users Posts: 632 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2012
    I agree, nice shot of a GBH, but too much saturation applied.
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  • DeVermDeVerm Registered Users Posts: 405 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2012
    What a mess with all the herons... we think this is a black heron, although it shows as blue to me :confused

    Did anybody ever find a good reference?

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  • Mathieu05Mathieu05 Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2012
    Thank you Mike & Nick. I really don't have vast knowledge about their names :)
    Chris Odchigue | Photography

    “There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.”
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