The Reznick Flip

Harryb

Hi you'll,

Last November I took a workshop with Ron Reznick ( http://www.digital-images.net/index.html ). For 3 days we shot with Ron at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge and on Sanibel Island. During those 3 days he captured a heron doing what we called the "Reznick Flip". Ron told us that herons and egrets, after they make a catch, will flip it between their upper and lower bills before they swallow it. Since then I've been trying to catch one doing the "Reznick Flip" without a lot of success. I had some luck today.

Seamus

Great shot Harry, how long did it take you to get the shot?

Shay.

GREAPER

Aparently it took him 1 800th of a sec.

ian408

cool beans!

ian

Seamus

GREAPER wrote:

Aparently it took him 1 800th of a sec.

Andy

GREAPER wrote:

Aparently it took him 1 800th of a sec.

good one, greap-ster!

harry: excellent shot!

Harryb

shay wrote:

Great shot Harry, how long did it take you to get the shot?

Shay.

Hey Shay,

Thanks. I must have spent around 45 minutes with him and took around 75 shots. He would periodically jump off the pipe he was perched on and to do his hunting routine (wings aspread, jumping/flying around the water and then back tot he pipe). I never saw him do the flip (it happens very, very fast) so I didn't know I had caught it until I got home.

ehughes

Cool shot Harry

GREAPER wrote:

Aparently it took him 1 800th of a sec.

Ed

davev

Harryb wrote:

Hi you'll,

Last November I took a workshop with Ron Reznick ( http://www.digital-images.net/index.html ). For 3 days we shot with Ron at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge and on Sanibel Island. During those 3 days he captured a heron doing what we called the "Reznick Flip". Ron told us that herons and egrets, after they make a catch, will flip it between their upper and lower bills before they swallow it. Since then I've been trying to catch one doing the "Reznick Flip" without a lot of success. I had some luck today.

Geez, I finally get a BIF, now I have to try to get a Reznick flip.
What will be next?:D

BTW, nice shot.

dave.

Harryb

GREAPER wrote:

Aparently it took him 1 800th of a sec.

There's no fooling Brian.

Trish323

Harryb wrote:

Hi you'll,

Last November I took a workshop with Ron Reznick ( http://www.digital-images.net/index.html ). For 3 days we shot with Ron at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge and on Sanibel Island. During those 3 days he captured a heron doing what we called the "Reznick Flip". Ron told us that herons and egrets, after they make a catch, will flip it between their upper and lower bills before they swallow it. Since then I've been trying to catch one doing the "Reznick Flip" without a lot of success. I had some luck today.

Harry,

Wooo-hoooo Amazing timing! Nice Job! How was the bird fest today at the WL??

John Mueller

Yep,time to sell my all long lenses and go into another direction.
There is no way I could come close of what your putting out Harry

Harryb

ian408 wrote:

cool beans!

ian

Hey Ian,

Not beans man that was a little fish. Thanks

Harryb

andy wrote:

good one, greap-ster!

harry: excellent shot!

Thank you Andy. I hope you noticed the similiarities between how he flipped the fish and how you flip a babyback.

bfjr

As always Harry, Pristine so sharp
and just another rung on that ladder to climb

Khaos

Very cool. I also like what you did with the blues in the pic. Nice.

Harryb

ehughes wrote:

Cool shot Harry




Ed

Thanks Ed

Harryb

Dave

davev wrote:

Geez, I finally get a BIF, now I have to try to get a Reznick flip.
What will be next?:D

BTW, nice shot.

dave.

Hey Dave,

From what I'm seeing of your shots it shouldn't be too ahrd for oyu. Thanks.

Harryb

Trish323 wrote:

Harry,

Wooo-hoooo Amazing timing! Nice Job! How was the bird fest today at the WL??

Hey Trish,

Thanks. Those birds at the WL are getting irksome. The egrets, ibises, spoonbills and woodstorks are still congregating in one large group. As soon as you get within camera range they fly off. It was much easier when they were dispersed. I did find a neat woodpecker and a pair of Sandhills with chicks in tow.

Harryb

MHJS wrote:

Yep,time to sell my all long lenses and go into another direction.
There is no way I could come close of what your putting out Harry

Darn it they're Canon lenses. If they were Nikon I would encourage you to sell and make a bid on them. Oh well, Thanks anyhow.

Harryb

bfjr wrote:

As always Harry, Pristine so sharp
and just another rung on that ladder to climb

Thank you Ben

Harryb

Khaos wrote:

Very cool. I also like what you did with the blues in the pic. Nice.

Thanks for noticing. I put a little more work on the background than I normally do.

Dianne

Awesome photo -- I've watched herons and egrets (and taken zillions of images) for years and had no idea that there was a "flip" involved when they caught a fish.

Harryb

Dianne wrote:

Awesome photo -- I've watched herons and egrets (and taken zillions of images) for years and had no idea that there was a "flip" involved when they caught a fish.

Thanks Dianne,

I was neve even aware of the "flip" myself yntil I took Ron's workshop.

moti

Harryb wrote:

Hi you'll,

Last November I took a workshop with Ron Reznick ( http://www.digital-images.net/index.html ). For 3 days we shot with Ron at Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge and on Sanibel Island. During those 3 days he captured a heron doing what we called the "Reznick Flip". Ron told us that herons and egrets, after they make a catch, will flip it between their upper and lower bills before they swallow it. Since then I've been trying to catch one doing the "Reznick Flip" without a lot of success. I had some luck today.

Very beautiful shot Harry, I think that these guys have learned the trick on purpose just to tease photographers. We have them here in Europe too, probably coming from the same circus...





Cheers
Moti

Harryb

Moti
Hey Moti,

Super catch, your pic was pretty good too