Great Blue with the fall light and colors shining in the background.
A pretty good photography studio I’m thinking.
Great Blue Heron, A Bit Of Fall
Tag Archives: Fall
Now The Wait For Spring, Heron
Sitting on the remnants of last years nest.
Too early for any real nest building, but getting the spot is important.
And now he sits.
Full Speed Ahead, Heron
He was full speed and had built up momentum. Going fast would be an understatement.
While almost as tall as a person there is not much weight here. As you can see in these photographs when fully stretched out there isn’t a lot to focus on.
Above he looks paper thin.
In a shot like this if you don’t grab focus when a wing is in the downward motion…well you don’t get any of the series of shots.
Pretty much that means you miss more then you get.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Reflections Of A Pelican
A fall look photograph taken at Donnelley Wildlife Management Area, ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Each year I have thought how the cool weather limits our photography.
Yet look at this pretty scene. It’s just different, but still beautiful in the fall.
White Pelican in a marsh.
A Fly By, Great Egret
Taken in the morning, in ACE Basin, South Carolina.
No story here, just a beautiful scene.
Great Blue In Fall Colors
These were shot as wide as my lens allowed. I wanted the colors, and of course I wanted the Heron also.
This Great Blue passed in front of me in a very open space, no moss or branches to get in the way. I could see the first shot had focus, so I just kept shooting until he went out of view.
This swamp doesn’t keep colorful leaves for very long so for that reason I took as many as I could. Probably too many.
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Great Blue In Fall Colors
Great Blue In Fall Colors
Great Blue In Fall Colors
Great Blue In Fall Colors
Great Blue In Fall Colors
Great Blue Heron In A Fall Swamp
One contradicts the other here.
Fall colors with spring nest building.
Winter is right in the middle of that and will cool down the action for a month or so.
It does make for some nice photographs though.
Hide And Seek, Young Great Blue
The coloring, or lack of, in the young Great Blue Herons makes them blend in perfectly with marshlands.
I see them often and know the melt into the reeds, but I don’t think I really appreciated how the lack of the adult blues and grays works so well.