Great Blue Heron in sunset's rays (in the wild)

: Great Blue Heron in sunset's rays (in the wild); Great Blue Heron portrait. With the rays of the setting sun illuminating feathers. In the Wild. cropped up close.; Created by: Alandrapal.; Tools Used: 20D 100-400L handheld; Created on: 27 October 2006; Image Views: 247; Average Views per Day: 0.2; Image Number: 31622

Comments:

Alandrapal from Canada on Jan 31, 2008 at 10:56 PM said:

thankyou Karen, glad you enjoyed it : ) We haven't been out in the local farmlands lately, am wondering if the Snowy Owls are back in our area by now. Must go to check soon.

Karenmoen from United States of America on Jan 31, 2008 at 4:29 PM said:

I guess I missed this one. Amazing color and detail in this lovely portrait. Well done!

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Dec 30, 2006 at 11:13 PM said:

thankyou Marsha Sea, for the nice comments. Am glad you like it.

Marsha Sea from Florida on Dec 30, 2006 at 8:57 PM said:

I must have missed this when you first posted it. Amazing close up. The lighting and the detail are fantastic.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Dec 29, 2006 at 6:13 AM said:

thanks very much, Tania, your nice comments are appreciated. glad you like it. Looking forward to getting out locally again soon to take more pics.

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on Dec 29, 2006 at 6:00 AM said:

Alandra. This is fantastic. It is clear and the colours and textures are great. Well done

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Nov 4, 2006 at 4:54 AM said:

my pleasure, Steve. well, the herons very often do take off before I can get a shot, and it wasn't long ago that I thought it would be hopeless (for me) to capture images like this - but have kept trying, and there are so many herons in this area, that eventually it started happening :) Have to add, that I make lots of mistakes too.

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Nov 4, 2006 at 3:49 AM said:

Thanks Alandra. I asked largely because it seemed that you were so close I wondered why the heron hadn't flown off! It says a lot for the quality of your 20D (and for your technique, of course) that you can crop so close and still retain fantastic detail.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Nov 4, 2006 at 2:33 AM said:

hi again Steve. about the heron photo, - think it was about 50 feet away from us, beyond a fence. Will pay more attention to the distance next time we are there. I cropped the heron's head from a regular image, for this closer view.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Nov 3, 2006 at 5:38 AM said:

that's very nice of both of you, Mike and Steve. Glad you like it.

Will have to check back to see which photo this was, - have taken so many heron shots lately that offhand, can't think how far away I was from that particular one :) will get back later.

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Nov 2, 2006 at 8:00 PM said:

An absolutely stunning image! About how far from the heron were you when you took the shot?

grumpy from england on Nov 2, 2006 at 7:34 PM said:

fantastic close up of a heron alandra am inspired x

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Oct 30, 2006 at 4:06 PM said:

thankyou Alex, Carol and Don. The sunset was altering his colouring somewhat, but I do like it, especially his eye. And as you say, what a beak he has :)

donwrob from Ohio on Oct 30, 2006 at 3:54 PM said:

Great close up Alandra! Nice and sharp, Don

Shutterbug from Maine on Oct 30, 2006 at 12:11 PM said:

Great closeup of the bird,what a beak that bird has,Great photo!

Carol

Whittler from Maine on Oct 30, 2006 at 11:41 AM said:

WOW!! a very nice shot.

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