green hunter (4)

squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
edited May 11, 2008 in Wildlife
FINALLY got some sun yesterday (though today we're back to clouds and rain... :bang: ), so i went to the park near my house and spotted this little green heron fishing in the shallows. it didn't seem to mind my clicking away as it caught two fat bullfrog tadpoles and three fish in the span of about half an hour... taken from about 15 feet away with 40D, 100-400L @ 285mm, 1/320 @ f/6.3...

warily watching a juvenile bald eagle that was perched up in a cottonwood behind me...

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after he decided the eagle wasn't a threat, he went about catching lunch...

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~ Rocky
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2008
    Excellent...particularly the last two. thumb.gif

    It's nice when you are able to get close. mwink.gif
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2008
    great catch and capture ylsuper.gif
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2008
    all the shot are very good ,exposure and color thumb.gif action clap.gif on the first shot if you would remove the white reed that cross.s the bill it would help the shot ,you did the color right on most jump up on saturation and the greenie looks like eek7.gif
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  • PrescottPhotogPrescottPhotog Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited May 10, 2008
    squirl033 wrote:
    FINALLY got some sun yesterday (though today we're back to clouds and rain... :bang: ), so i went to the park near my house and spotted this little green heron fishing in the shallows.

    Very nice captures, well done. Nothing wrong with clouds and rain when you can come home with shots like these..clap.gif
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2008
    great series :ivar
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited May 11, 2008
    thanks, guys... i've been pretty lucky with these little birds, most of my shots of them are from 25 feet away or less... for some reason, they seem less skittish at the park than other places - maybe they're just more accustomed to people there.
    ~ Rocky
    "Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
    Three Dog Night

    www.northwestnaturalimagery.com
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