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04-JUL-2016 Vern Rogers (fotabug fotos)

Tightrope Walker

The Great Blue Heron is such a fascinating creature! It does so many different things and does them well. At the same time, it looks ungainly and cumbersome, which belies its beauty in flight, its skills and catching fish and its ability to maintain balance in trees, whether standing on one foot for a long time or move about on limbs or small branches. Another wonder of nature! I caught this one in early morning light at Delta Ponds.

Nikon COOLPIX P900
1/500s f/6.3 at 250.0mm iso140 full exif

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Paul Milholland09-Jul-2016 03:59
"You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out. . . ." ;-)
Julie Oldfield07-Jul-2016 04:09
Awesome capture! V
Ann06-Jul-2016 10:36
Excellent capture in beautiful light Vern.
JSB PHOTOGRAPHS06-Jul-2016 05:13
They are amazing birds and very good at fishing, great shot Vern. V
Rebecca Leberman 06-Jul-2016 03:54
In memory of my mom. I give this photo a double thumbs up!
Steve Thuman06-Jul-2016 02:43
Amazes me every time how those big lanky things can be in trees
Gary05-Jul-2016 21:50
Nice image of this heron in this tree...
Graham P 05-Jul-2016 21:25
A superb capture of this heron which has had one alcoholic drink too many. LOL
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)05-Jul-2016 20:54
Fantastic image! Vote
Paolo
Stephanie05-Jul-2016 19:03
Great capture of this heron gently moving across the branch! V
Hank Vander Velde05-Jul-2016 16:41
Well shot against the nice blue sky Vern.
Tom LeRoy05-Jul-2016 14:44
WOnderful shot of this Heron, they sure can balance well ! V
Alexander Kazakov05-Jul-2016 14:31
Great! V
Ed Ruttledge 05-Jul-2016 14:18
There is a freshwater pond close to the beach house and we enjoy watching these guys fly in. Their floppy-winged approach seems so much more complicated than the direct peg to the mark the eagles have. Thanks for the photo!
Ruth Voorhis05-Jul-2016 13:57
Superb capture! V
globalgadabout05-Jul-2016 13:14
so strong and agile...the warm light enhances an already handsome creature..
Helen Betts05-Jul-2016 12:54
Marvelous color and light, and what a great pose. They do look a bit ungainly, so nice to hear they're really not!
Jim Coffman05-Jul-2016 12:45
Extremely nice capture in this beautiful light!
Yvonne05-Jul-2016 10:24
A fabulous pov against the clear sky.. v
joseantonio05-Jul-2016 10:14
fabulous capture with some lovely light and colors.V
Juliette05-Jul-2016 08:05
wonderful composition
Johnnie Rogers 05-Jul-2016 07:24
Great light and colour, well captured Vern ~v~
Bea.05-Jul-2016 06:27
Excellent catch Vern, love the light and colour.
John Shen Photography05-Jul-2016 06:11
Wow, super capture of this, wonderful to see! 😀
J Ponces05-Jul-2016 05:55
Fantastic light and moment! V
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