Birds of the evening

ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
edited March 6, 2005 in Wildlife
Harry, what is this one? He is bigger than the Ibis, but doesn't look like a heron.

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Here's to all of you!

ginger
After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.

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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2005
    Ginger,#2 is awesome.I also like the colors on allthumb.gif

    LOOK OUT HARRY:D
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2005
    whoa, ginger! the first two, really really sharp. well done thumb.gif
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Harry, what is this one? He is bigger than the Ibis, but doesn't look like a heron.
    Here's to all of you!

    ginger
    All right Ginger!! ylsuper.gif The exposure on those White Ibises is fine. Good work.
    The bird in question is the Little Blue Heron. Excellent capture of that little guy.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • jthomasjthomas Registered Users Posts: 454 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2005
    This is my first post on this board, so it is a test.

    The attached picture was taken by my wife three weeks ago, and it is a confirmed little blue heron. Doesn't look much like #1.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2005
    jthomas wrote:
    This is my first post on this board, so it is a test.

    The attached picture was taken by my wife three weeks ago, and it is a confirmed little blue heron. Doesn't look much like #1.
    Hey Thomas,

    The Little Blue Heron has a purplish maroon neck and head, a grey bill and black tip and a grey body. That pretty much describes #1. The only similar bird is the Reddish Egret (only around 4000 in the USA) which has a grey body and a reddish head and neck with a pink bill with a black tip. Its legs are a dark blue.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2005
    Thanks everybody. Just got back from eating RIBS. Carolina Sweet Ribs, pork.

    I love the first one I put up here, it was the last photo I took, I said to bill, i have one left, he said you have enough to look at. I saw the grass when I took it and thought it might work well. Now that I look at it again, I would like to have a print of that one. It is sharp.

    To get him over the weeds, I had to stand up. OK, i had walked a lot to get to those birds, back and forth and further, so I sat down, propped myself and photographed the IBISes. I don't like those birds. I have never made a pretty photo of an Ibis. I cropped in kind of tight in post, as, well, I hoped to make them look better. No way I can think of to make an Ibis look good, unless he is flying in a flock. Harry has one of those photos, I like it.

    I feel better. Got the baptism photo. Got a different entry to the challlenge, not a kid. Got some birds at that place where I can't usually get them.

    Have had ribs, and now I am exhausted.

    later,
    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited March 6, 2005
    Ginger, this is a great set and that #2 shot is really terrific.
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