the great blue yonder 3318
Scootching made this shot possible.
It’s often the case when I wake in the morning that I’ll look out from the bedroom window and see a heron on the pond. And as much as I’d like to go out to shoot I know from multiple past experiences that it’s almost impossible to get out there close enough to get a shot without spooking them.
But occasionally there are two herons, which means there’s a chance that something interesting can happen between them as they jockey around the pond for territorial position. And while they distract each other there’s a chance they might not notice a big guy with a huge lens sneaking towards them.
There wasn’t time to change so I just donned my camo hat and went out in my pajamas. I sat on my butt behind the camera and scootched forward along the wet grass whenever they weren’t looking. It took me a half an hour to work my way down the exposed hillside to the edge of the pond - a distance of a mere 60 feet.
I finally reached the cover of the tall grass along the pond edge and from that vantage caught this sequence of one heron crossing to get away from the other.
Then again, perhaps it was the pajamas.herongreat blue heronron pittspondtottenhamontarioflyingwingscompositepanoramapanoranimalwaterwildlifewaterfowlbirdsgreen bluegreygraylong legsfeathersflight patternflight
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the great blue yonder 3318
Scootching made this shot possible.
It’s often the case when I wake in the morning that I’ll look out from the bedroom window and see a heron on the pond. And as much as I’d like to go out to shoot I know from multiple past experiences that it’s almost impossible to get out there close enough to get a shot without spooking them.
But occasionally there are two herons, which means there’s a chance that something interesting can happen between them as they jockey around the pond for territorial position. And while they distract each other there’s a chance they might not notice a big guy with a huge lens sneaking towards them.
There wasn’t time to change so I just donned my camo hat and went out in my pajamas. I sat on my butt behind the camera and scootched forward along the wet grass whenever they weren’t looking. It took me a half an hour to work my way down the exposed hillside to the edge of the pond - a distance of a mere 60 feet.
I finally reached the cover of the tall grass along the pond edge and from that vantage caught this sequence of one heron crossing to get away from the other.
Then again, perhaps it was the pajamas.herongreat blue heronron pittspondtottenhamontarioflyingwingscompositepanoramapanoranimalwaterwildlifewaterfowlbirdsgreen bluegreygraylong legsfeathersflight patternflight
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DAYBREAK
A great blue heron caught in the morning light in search of breakfast. The forest behind him were still in dark shadow and reflecting in the pond, surrounded the bird in a deep black pool.
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ROYAL CROWN
Female Snowy owl launching from tree top during heavy snowstorm
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Wild Rush
Thousands of snow geese blasting off the railroad pond in Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge.
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DESERT BLAZE
Red winged blackbirds flocking to feed in the grain fields of Bosque del Apache, New Mexico
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