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24-NOV-2018

Postscript: Out of its element

I’ll just post these pictures fairly quickly, but we had heavy rain and bitterly cold temperatures a few days after we took the pictures in this gallery, and on our way back home from Virginia I was concerned about my friend the heron, so Tim parked the car and off we went in search of him in miserable conditions. We found hundreds of geese on a hill and the heron and cormorants huddled on a little island. Suddenly the heron took off and flew to an area across the water, in the process shooing off another heron that was sheltering there. Naturally, we had to hike through flooded pathways to get over there for a picture of him.

Not great captures, but all I had on me was my iPhone. Good thing I didn’t try to use a camera because I think it would have drowned.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Postscript: Apparition of the heron, posted earlier:

Apple iPhone XS Max
1/40s f/2.4 at 6.0mm iso250 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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larose forest photos22-Dec-2018 02:03
He does look hunched against the cold, poor thing. Hoping the weather will improve or that he leaves for a warmer place. V
Range View 21-Dec-2018 21:53
It does look miserable, hopefully it finds some protection from the elements under those trees. V
Barbara
globalgadabout21-Dec-2018 21:37
it does seem a tad high and dry in that spot..
Jim Coffman21-Dec-2018 21:18
It will be hard pressed to find a fish there!!
Claude Gagnon21-Dec-2018 21:17
Love this shot of YOUR heron among these leaves :))
joseantonio21-Dec-2018 20:35
great shot. Gives a sense of loneliness there.V.
Colin Storey21-Dec-2018 20:32
Great iPhone image of the Heron.
Milan Vogrin21-Dec-2018 20:26
Very nice pov!V!
Nick Paoni21-Dec-2018 20:25
Cool shot. Love the sense of solitude.