Category Archives: Marsh

Working A Silhouette

Unfortunately the image doesn’t work that well in the header of the page.

However I do like the tall portrait style version below.

While I was following a Heron this one was floating behind where every we went. The silver ‘blob’ was always off in the background.

The pond water was flat, perfect for a reflection.

I knew when I made the photograph it would not fit in the header here. It didn’t matter, the format fits the pose too well.

Before I even thought about getting a little closer I took the shot.

This entire group could disappear in an instant. The little ones don’t fly well, but they still move fast.

In among the Great Blues and Spoonbills this single Little Blue Heron worked the edges of the reeds.

The bigger and more dramatic birds didn’t have any of the intensity of the small guy. So followed him knowing a special event was coming.

He flew away right into the sun.

Not very special either.

OK, now this is the way it’s supposed to work. A recent article was a series of shots where the Heron did the opposite of the ‘normal’.

Above, the Heron bent his knees, leaned toward and glanced in the direction of flight.

An odd angle but he jumped where expected.

Above was the follow through. If there is no rush most of the time you can anticipate the flight path.

The other times… it’s exactly what you didn’t want them to do.

This is not the most flattering angle for a bird photograph. Yet they can be interesting, at least on the big birds.

The wing shape, layers of feathers, and contours are interesting and with the light here show fairly well.

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Egret Exiting

I had intended to delete this shot, the Owl was blocked by all the bamboo.

After looking at it I liked the feeling, so here it is.