Florida Weekend Grab Bag (Large Post)

Harv

Here is a grab bag of shots from a recent weekend trip to Florida. Hope you enjoy and don't get bored with these.

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Thanks for your patience in looking at so many images. Much appreciated.

A special thanks to all of our Florida friends who made it such a memorable weekend and were such great guides.

bhowdy

Wonderful images Harv. Really liked the first one. How did you get above a BIF in #7?

I see you moved Harry's Eagle from the stick to a palm frond.

Maestro

Wow. Great series. All are very nice, but I really enjoyed the limpkin, osprey and cattle egret pair images.

riddim_maker

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You did very good Harv, they're all excellent images,
but if I was allowed only one pick I'd choose #9,
very elegant pose and beautiful bokeh!

Ric Grupe

All delightful images, Harv!

Numbers five and nine are perfect in all respects.

Harv

Thanks a lot, guys. I really appreciate your kind comments.

Bob, I was standing on high ground beside the pond when that GBH took flight and the osprey was actually carrying that hunk of bark (or whatever it is) to the nest. Amazing what they can carry and still fly.

Travis

Fantastic shots. I'd be hard pressed to single out a favorite from the rest.

teamracephotos

WOW That’s excellent “grab bag”
I could only dream about capturing that many birds in a weekend, and I live here. Each one is wonderful! Love the Ospreys and #11. MM
BTW the osprey is holding a piece of a palm tree.

Harv

Travis wrote:

Fantastic shots. I'd be hard pressed to single out a favorite from the rest.

Thanks a lot, Travis.

Harv

teamracephotos wrote:

I could only dream about capturing that many birds in a weekend, and I live here. Each one is wonderful! Love the Ospreys and #11. MM
BTW the osprey is holding a piece of a palm tree.

Thanks very much. Actually, there were several more species but I felt I was posting too many images. We were on the road quite a bit moving from location to location to get as many species as we could. You guys are lucky to have so much available to shoot there.

bfjr

All very nice, even with a little rain ?? in there

Harryb

Outstanding set

Harv

bfjr wrote:

All very nice, even with a little rain ?? in there

Thank you. Can't do anything about the rain and was not about to let it stop our shooting.

Harv

Harryb wrote:

Outstanding set

Thanks a lot, Harry. Appreciated.

Osprey Whisperer

Nice series Harv. It was good to finally hook up with you and Mao to shoot. Glad MY OSPREYS put on a fairly decent show for you guys during our boat adventure. Not as good as the one the morning after you left, though. I'm having osprey withdrawls with my camera D.O.A. Hope I get it back soon.... :cry

Harv

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

Nice series Harv. It was good to finally hook up with you and Mao to shoot. Glad MY OSPREYS put on a fairly decent show for you guys during our boat adventure. Not as good as the one the morning after you left, though. I'm having osprey withdrawls with my camera D.O.A. Hope I get it back soon.... :cry

Thanks, Mike. I hope you get your camera back soon as well. You'll be like a fish out of water without it.

raptorcaptor

Excellent set Harv! The Limpkin is my favorite.

annaelycm

Great shots!!! Love the one of the Limpkin. So tell me....was one of your stops the Gatorland Rookery cause some of the shots look mighty familiar!

Harv

raptorcaptor wrote:

Excellent set Harv! The Limpkin is my favorite.

Thanks a lot, Glenn. That shot seems to be a favourite with many who've seen it. It posed so well for us I felt I should get a model release signed.

Harv

annaelycm wrote:

Great shots!!! Love the one of the Limpkin. So tell me....was one of your stops the Gatorland Rookery cause some of the shots look mighty familiar!

Thanks a lot, Anna. Yes, Gatorland was one of the locations we did some shooting. The limpkin was shot at Viera.

kgarrett11

Great shots. #7 and #12 are the ones that I like the best. Where were they shot?

Harv

kgarrett11 wrote:

Great shots. #7 and #12 are the ones that I like the best. Where were they shot?

Thanks a lot. #7 was shot at the Venice Rookery, although I found myself somewhat disappointed overall with the rookery when we were there. Not a lot going on. #12 was shot from a boat on a waterway that empties into the Gulf, a little south of Venice.

PrescottPhotog

Harv wrote:

Here is a grab bag of shots from a recent weekend trip to Florida. Hope you enjoy and don't get bored with these.

Wonderful (really great) captures Harv. I tried to pic a favorite (was leaning toward the Osprey) but just to many excellent shots to pick just one.

The Osprey has enough bark to build a canoe, that gives him an "A" for effort..

Harv

PrescottPhotog wrote:

Wonderful (really great) captures Harv. I tried to pic a favorite (was leaning toward the Osprey) but just to many excellent shots to pick just one.

The Osprey has enough bark to build a canoe, that gives him an "A" for effort..

Thanks a lot, Chris. I appreciate the comments and the sense of humor.