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Great Blue Heron gets surprised

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While walking through Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens in Washington DC, I spotted a GBH in a tree. It was in a great spot for an environmental portrait and I took that photo. A kingfisher flew into a nearby tree and I added my 1.7x TC to my 500 PF to photograph it. Then I turned back to the GBH just intime to capture the sequence I'm sharing here.

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

1) GBH in attractive spot

X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/1900s 400 ISO -1.0 EV

X-H2S NIKON AF-S NIKKOR 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR + 1.7X lens 840mm f/9.0 1/1900s 1600 ISO -1.0 EV

Sep 23, 2023 at 09:09 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Great Blue Heron gets surprised

#6 is really and awesome shot Morris! Crowded collision course! Nice tracking and pleasing images all of them

Karl

Sep 23, 2023 at 09:23 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Great Blue Heron gets surprised

This is a lovely sequence of images Morris... I really like picture #4.

Sep 23, 2023 at 10:03 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Great Blue Heron gets surprised

The fly-by shot in image #6 is quite impressive. You captured the moment very precisely.

Sep 23, 2023 at 02:08 PM

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Morris,

You did it again, great capture and sequence

Chris S.

Sep 23, 2023 at 02:25 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Great Blue Heron gets surprised

Very well done sequence Morris, really like how you've included more surroundings in these shots.

Sep 23, 2023 at 03:46 PM

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That is what you get when you trespass on someone else's branch, nice ones Morris. Bruce

Sep 23, 2023 at 05:38 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Great Blue Heron gets surprised

Excellent sequence, Morris! Especially with such a skittish bird.

Gord

Sep 23, 2023 at 06:39 PM

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Another amazing series, Morris! Don't know how you do it so consistently. No.'s 6 & 8 are my favorites, but I must say I'm very impressed that you got sharp focus on the GBH in shot #9 -- that's a lot of focal interference!
I also am very partial to #1, as I like the space you gave your subject, and there is a lot of environmental context.

Greg

Sep 23, 2023 at 10:15 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Great Blue Heron gets surprised

Great sequence Morris. All good but like #6 , with #8 taking top spot.

John

Sep 25, 2023 at 07:24 AM


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