drdrew wrote:
that number two just may be one of my all time favorite heron shots...

Appreciate your compliment very much. I am glad you enjoyed them.

Best regards,

Steve

MrChevy wrote:
They are all beautiful Steve. But #3, WOW

Thanks for your reply Ken. I took these with my Christmas present, the 400mm f/4, some of them with the 1.4 TC. I had to anticipate the much larger area when they opened their wings.

Best regards,

Steve

Each image is gorgeous.

ms_yuan wrote:
Like Trey said, you outdid yourself, and that's saying something since you had some outstanding stuff to compete against! Wonderful shots of the GBH. Love the water droplets as the GBH takes off, love the water reflection on the wings, love the wing shadow on the neck...just love the whole series. Congratulations!!

Mark, thanks for your extremely nice compliment. I am sure glad you enjoyed them. When I left home I expected to see some clapper rails. But mother nature had a very nice surprise for me. Dont you love it when everything comes together, particularly the things that are not under your control, like your Bosque shots. I am getting used to the 400mmDO and I am extremely happy with it.
You might know about this already, there is a new place up in your neck of the woods with Clapper rails: http://www.birdnutz.com/pab_tides.htm

Best regards,

Steve

CarlG wrote:
Wow, these are just unreal! Super job!

Carl

Carl, thanks for looking and your kind reply,

Steve

SteveBar wrote:
Very nice shots Steve. I assume you got your 400 mm F4 lens back? The MK II is really nailing those flight shots! From the title of the posting I thought that you were going to post shots of clapper rails at high tide.

BTW, I was the visiting bird photographer from Texas that tried together with you last week in the baylands to get some harrier inflight shots.

Hi Steve,
appreciate your compliment very much. It sure was very nice meeting you at Baylands. I got the 400mm f4 back and I am enjoying it to the fullest. I am impressed with your website and found the Kestrel and the Clapper we were talking about.

Best regards,

Steve

Superb images Steve ... among the best herons I've ever seen. Proof once again that in order to get this exeptional quality pics, you need a combination of 1.knowing your environment/subject 2.technique 3.talent 4.decent glass (not in right order, but all are necessary).

Thanks for sharing !

cjac wrote:
Superb images Steve ... among the best herons I've ever seen. Proof once again that in order to get this exeptional quality pics, you need a combination of 1.knowing your environment/subject 2.technique 3.talent 4.decent glass (not in right order, but all are necessary).

Thanks for sharing !

Cedric, thanks for your very nice compliment. I am glad you enjoyed this series. I agree with your 4 points. At the present, I am mainly working on knowing your enviroment/subject, there is so much to learn.

Best regards,

Steve

Andy Sorensen wrote:
Incredible shots. Excellent.

Hi Andy,
Thanks for looking and your kind reply,

Steve

CyboRob wrote:
Very nice work Steve those look great!

Robert,
thanks for your very nice compliment. I am glad you enjoyed them.
Being able to freeze moments like this make it all worthwhile and thrilling.

Steve

kathryn wrote:
Each image is gorgeous.

Kathryn, thanks for looking and your kind reply.
It was a very good day, everything came together very nicely.

Best regards,

Steve

AWESOME!!! The first one is half funny, half sad - look at the legs sticking out... Excellent timing. The others are VERY nice too, but hey, what else is to expect from you.

Antje

Fantastic!

Steve, not much more to say, but truly excellent work. #2 stopped me in my tracks...beautiful

Antje wrote:
AWESOME!!! The first one is half funny, half sad - look at the legs sticking out... Excellent timing. The others are VERY nice too, but hey, what else is to expect from you.

Antje

Antje, it sure is very nice to hear from you, thanks for the compliment. That Great Egret must have been very hungry, that was the second mouse he swollowed in about 10 minutes. Maybe he did not get much food when it rained the last few weeks.
Best regards,

Steve

mhsam wrote:
Fantastic!

Mark, thanks for your very nice compliment. I am glad you enjoyed them,

Steve

Braingiant wrote:
Steve, not much more to say, but truly excellent work. #2 stopped me in my tracks...beautiful

That day everything came together like magic, totally defeating Murphy' law. I just wish it would happen more often,

Steve

Wow, I love the pose you captured in that second shot Steve! All good.

Cheers,
Gene

GeneO wrote:
Wow, I love the pose you captured in that second shot Steve! All good.

Cheers,
Gene

Gene, thanks for your kind reply. I think that was a very unique occurance with the high tide and the hungry birds, all concentrated on the small strip of land right next tot the road.

Best regards,

Steve