You can almost hear the conversation.
It could have been…’I dare you. I double dare you’.
They both watched the Alligator for a long time.
Finally they walked around him, one at a time. Seems like a short flight might have worked better, just sayin.
The photographs here were shot through some woodlands. Pretty much an open spot that was there, where the bird landed, by luck.
I noticed the Heron heading in the same direction I was going but didn’t think I would get any type of shot. The landing spot is on the side of a narrow marsh canal. I was in the woods.
Things work out some times. This was an open area for me, between trees on either side. A few feet either way and I would not have even lift the camera.
Heron had been chasing each other up and down the canal so I was not surprised. The last few days they have been protecting territory more than usual.
While I only caught a few shots the landing was a nice easy one with plenty of open wings.
Part of a series of images taken shooting from above a swamp.
Ellen, my wife and also a photographer, summed things up clearly.
‘If you didn’t get good shots the last few days it’s all on you’.
We have been out as the weather warmed up for a spell. Everything becomes much more active, and we shoot where wildlife is everywhere. This meant literally thousands of opportunities, and very tired arms and shoulders from heavy gear.
I’m (almost) hoping for a slight cooling so I can catch up.
Snowy Egret at the Ashley River, Charleston, South Carolina.
So, when a Pelican grabs a fish a whole bunch of water comes with it. And this is how he eats a fish.
The water is sent flying. Not pretty but effective.
Above the Pelican finally eats his fish.
Late November the marshes start to fill with White Pelicans. On a good day you can wear out your arm and a few memory cards.
Photographed at the ACE Basin, South Carolina.
A unique perspective of an Egret flight.
Not a drone shot, but from a high tower looking over part of a swamp. Shot from almost directly above. I did make sure my camera strap was tight, no lens hood to fall, and I hung on.
An early morning shot, really just a silhouette, of a few wading birds together.
Above, a Tricolored Heron, White Ibis, and a Glossy Ibis.
ACE Basin, South Carolina.
Tricolored Herons are one of the prettier large birds.
This particular Heron was very accommodating.
