Great blue heron


Posted by Paul Fusco on Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:36 pm

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Another one for the Motif:

Great blue heron posturing in the lagoon at Fort DeSoto in FL.
Taken this past spring on a sunny afternoon.



Canon 1Dm2, 600mm f4 at ISO 250.
1/2500th sec. at f/5.6

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by george forrest on Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:47 pm
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Interesting shot Paul, with that left wing lowered like that. Nice background also.
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by Fabs Forns on Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:04 pm
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Is he playing broken wing??? :wink:

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:23 pm
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So crisp and sharp Paul. A killer pose too.
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by Ofer Levy on Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:13 am
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Nice shot Paul! :wink: Is it possible that the bird is injured...? :roll:
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by KK Hui on Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:18 am
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Nice and sharp, Paul!
Broken wing?! :?
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by Kim Steininger on Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:55 am
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Very interesting pose and great detail you captured George!
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by Kim Steininger on Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:57 am
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And you too Paul! :?
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by Paul Fusco on Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:09 am
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Ofer Levy wrote:Nice shot Paul! :wink: Is it possible that the bird is injured...? :roll:
No Ofer, it was not injured. There was another heron out of the frame and the two were posturing at each other in a territorial dispute. I'll try to post another shot with both in the frame.

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by Terence P. Brashear on Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:11 am
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Paul

This is very nice. I like the posture in this image a lot.

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by Chris Kayler on Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:07 pm
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Nice shot Paul. The posturing is what I like the most (obviously :D )
 

by Bob Ettinger on Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:21 pm
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Clean, very nice
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