Large birds will take off, and land, facing the wind whenever possible. It helps with lift and braking gently on landing.
As this Great Blue Heron touched down in the marsh the photograph was able to capture the breeze pushing his full plumage as well the long wing feathers.
Even with all my in flight photos this may be the most motion I have captured.
Wonderful detail in this shot.
Thanks. One of my favorite shots 😀
Lovely!
Thank you. I think you might have gotten a shot like this too 🙂