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15-Aug-2019 Donald E. Casavecchia

Green Heron

Lake Frederick, Virginia

Flew into this oak tree between Lake Frederick and this community's common area just after a heavy rain. I took this photo from our open porch with a spotting scope set to 50X. This heron then dropped into one of the 'rain gardens' to catch frogs.

Leica X2 on Televid 82mm Spotting Scope,Elmarit 24 mm f/2.8 ASPH
1/80s f/4.0 at 24.0mm iso200; DigiScoping at 50x
UnCropped but with Size Reduced for Internet Viewing full exif

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Tom Munson16-Aug-2019 20:01
Terrific capture and love this perch.
Tom Murray16-Aug-2019 17:59
Nice digiscope shot! Looks like you were right next to it.
Ghislaine et Réal Boulet16-Aug-2019 12:30
Very nice capture.
Jean Chiasson16-Aug-2019 11:36
Beautiful scene and setting Donald
Martin Lamoon16-Aug-2019 08:44
Amazing capture using the X2
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Hank Vander Velde16-Aug-2019 01:33
Excellent distant shot Don.
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