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Great Blue Heron


Great Blue Heron
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Copyright: Chris T Pehlivan (CTP) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 774 W: 6 N: 1107] (3183)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-28
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 350D / Digital Rebel XT, Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, 58mm UV
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Herons [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-07-11 19:30
Viewed: 759
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello Friends,
This is another photo that took near Boat Docking area in Crystal River,FL during my vacation.
I hope you like it:)
Cheers,
Chris

The Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, common all over North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos, except in deserts and high mountains where there is no water for it to wade in. It is very similar to the European Grey Heron. This is the largest North American heron.

This species usually breeds in colonies in trees close to lakes or other wetlands, often with other species of herons. It builds a bulky stick nest. The female lays 3 to 5 pale blue eggs. Both parents feed the young at the nest by regurgitating food.

It feeds in shallow water or at the water's edge and spears fish or frogs with its long, sharp bill. Its varied diet can also include insects, snakes, turtles, rodents and small birds. It will also raid goldfish ponds in back yards.

The Great Blue stands 132 cm (four feet) tall, has a 213 cm (seven-foot) wingspan and weighs 2.5 kg. It has a long yellow bill. Adults have blue-grey wings and back and a white head with a black cap and a long black plume. In flight, the long neck is held in an S-shape with the long legs trailing behind. This bird flies with strong deliberate wing beats.

Birds east of the Rockies in the northern part of their range are migratory and winter in Central America or northern South America. From the southern United States southwards and on the Pacific coast, they are year-round residents.

The call of this bird is a harsh croak.
Source:Wikipedia.org
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Hi Chris,
Great capture of this blue heron. Excellent details, good DOF, nice composition, beautiful colors and background. Thanks for sharing!

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1029 W: 0 N: 90] (7755)
  • [2006-07-11 20:08]

Hi Chirs
Great shot. Great colours, sharpnes, light, BG and POV.
Well done my friend

osse

No smiles left. Will be back

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  • loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5747 W: 606 N: 3505] (9407)
  • [2006-07-11 23:08]

Hi Chris
A good capture of this great heron with the beautiful yellow eye.
A good composition, natural colours, striking details, excellent BG, and spot-on exposure.
Very well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

Hi Chris,
you have capture the heron well, it's a nice portrait.
Good details, nice POV and compostion.
Well done.

Chris,

The composition, POV, Lighting and OOF BG are exceptionally good here. It is a very good portrait of the Heron. TFS,
Sheriff

Hello cris, excllent potrait, excllent colors, Bg, deatils great work, TFs kyle

Hi Chris,
Great portrait shot on this Great Blue Heron. Very good colors and detail in the plumage. Sharp detail and well controled DOF rendered a very nice OOF backround. Perfectly framed and cropped.
You did very well!
Scott

Hi CT.....
Another fine birdy portrait!
Very good pose, DOF spot on giving a pleasantly blurry background to enhance the fine details in the capture of the bird...
Superb colours and details, well done!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hi Chris, great portrait. This looks like the one I keep seeing on my bike rides every day (see workshop). You have done very well to get so close. Excellent details and lighting. Well done and TFS.
Dean.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-07-15 3:32]
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Hello Chris,
Excellent portrait.POV,details,BG,use of light,clear eyes and composition are wonderful.
TFS...:-)

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3174 W: 154 N: 4796] (15481)
  • [2006-07-18 8:44]

Hi Chris.
Incomparable shot of crystal clearness. Great BG, colorful, well saturated and blurred. Irreproachable lines, sharpness, details and colors of Heron. Bravo. It is a job of Great Master. TFS.
Alexei.

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 486 W: 0 N: 887] (2804)
  • [2006-07-20 3:39]

Hi Chris.
Great close up heron,very nice point of view, colors details and composition.Good note.

Saludos...RICARDO.

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1335 W: 79 N: 929] (8620)
  • [2006-07-21 9:43]

selam ctp
harika bir balikcil fotosu. bas kismini dogru bir yerden keserek basarili bir nature-portrait photo ortaya cikarmissin. focus, detaylar ve netlik super...
eline saglik
selamlar
izler

sorry about the fox crit...perhaps i was a bit heavy on nitpicking..
this shot puts all in perspective now and shows me that you take a brilliant nature shot and make it look natural.
the eye..the feather textures..the profile pose..the composition and framing..and last and certainly least..the background
all handled and blended successfully here
cheers
geof

very nice
one of these was hiding on the boat deck this morning at lake Monroe and about scared the stuff out of Toby my dog and me

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