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Heron In-flight


Heron In-flight
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Copyright: Chi Liu (chiliu) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1494 W: 0 N: 1175] (6494)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-14
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF70-200/2.8L, Canon 77mm UV Filter
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-17 4:56
Viewed: 1757
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Points: 59
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

They are the most commonly seen herons in Australia, and found throughout the mainland and Tasmania, and most coastal islands. They also occur in Indonesia, New Guinea and New Zealand.

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 962 W: 0 N: 89] (7801)
  • [2006-05-17 5:22]

Hi Chi
Good action shot. Good sharpnes and colours.
Well seen and Well done

osse

Those are difficult shots.
Pretty well done.
TFS

Hi Chi,
This is just beautiful!!!
great action shot

Hi Chi,

Excellent action shot.
Very good details, shapr, colors and composition.
Well done!

TFS :-)
Norbert

Hi Chi,
An excellent in flight shot on this heron. Beautiful colors in the plumage in this nice soft light. Nice sharp detail with the small amount of wing blur giving a nice sense of motion. Looks great!
Scott

Great capture ! Must be very difficult to get a good photo of a flying bird, but you have done it perfectly. Very good sharpness and details, nice colors, nice POV and excellent composition. It is really a wonderful bird. Well done !
Valérie.

This is great! I like the way the eyes are perfectly sharp.
Keep up the good work!
Alf J

Hello Chi,

Great action shot of this beautiful heron! Focus, bg, dof, details cannot be more perfect! The colours looks so natural too! I like the little droplets behind the bird showing that he just started to fly...

TFS.

Michel

hi chi
tres belle capture tres nette sauf pour les ailes mais cela est normal.
laurent

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3064 W: 231 N: 6157] (21034)
  • [2006-05-17 10:51]

Good to see you posting again, Chi Liu.
A beautiful in-flight shot of this beautiful heron with the blue feathers. A classic pose. A lovely hue. TFS. : )

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 122 N: 2581] (8424)
  • [2006-05-17 10:53]

wauw Chi what a capture,
a fantastic shot, good taken and with a good pov a fantastic fly shot, good job.
gr. jaap

Hello Chi,
Very beautiful Heron! Excellent image with the shutter speed and pan.
Steve

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  • mrcrow Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 428 W: 116 N: 193] (3002)
  • [2006-05-17 11:43]

hey those wings are blurred...and why not...freeze shots kill the life of the situation..
great eye and feather texture as well

cheers
geof

Missed you and your superlative images for some time, Chi.
This is a great shot as usual from you. I am particularly impressed with the tautness of posture in flight which you have captured so well here.

Hi chiliu ,

An amazing capture of this heron in flight , really love the composition , guess this guy just started his flight as u captured this shot coz of the minute water dots near by the long legs.Real good action shot.

Tfs

Pawan

Hi Chi,
Great shot!
DOF, POV and sharp are excellent.
Very well done and good job.
TFS Malgosia

Hi Chi,
Fantastic shot with great colours.
Guy

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 856 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2006-05-17 14:59]

Hello Chi , A Very good shot , good details compositie colours the bg , beautiful , Greetings Teunie .

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-05-17 15:12]

Hello Chi!
Excellent in flight capture.Clear details,motion blurr on wings,catchlight in eyes,simple BG and composition are wonderful.TFS...:-)

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  • samos Gold Star Critiquer [C: 81 W: 4 N: 2] (39)
  • [2006-05-17 15:32]

Hello Chi Liu very nice action picture nice colours of this beautiful bird good work thaks regards Stavros

Chi, this is an excellent picture. Great colours, excellent sharpness and POV. This is a great composition. Well done. TFS.
Gr.
Heinz

Hola Chi,
Beautiful picture, blurred wings and BG gives a a bit of paint sensation; good colors and composition :-)
Cheers
Hernán

Hi Chi,
Cracking shot! Great timing, focus is perfect and the movement in the wings really adds to the image.
TFS
Paul

Hi Chi,
this is the shot of the day!!
Deatils are amazing, compo and BG are great.
Good sense of movement.
Andrea

Very nice inflight capture Chi, the DOF is perfect with the wings in motion. The lighting is well chosen for this awesome capture. :)

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  • loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5414 W: 593 N: 3647] (10019)
  • [2006-05-18 20:16]
  • [2]

Hi Chi
You were sorely missed this last 2½ weeks, so it is good to see a posting again, and an immaculate one as well. Such grace and beauty, captured by your lens, is a sheer pleasure to behold.
The composition is perfect and you managed to capture such detail with this in-flight shot. The movement in the wings, the razor sharp focus on the head, body & legs, and the droplets of water flying of the back are brilliant. The OOF water surface as BG beautifully enhances the bird while the lighting/exposure was perfectly controlled.
Great work and TFS.
Regards
Loot

Hello Chi
This is a great shot
very clear and beautiful.
best wishes

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  • Gudule Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 248 W: 11 N: 288] (1204)
  • [2006-05-29 21:28]

C'est un magnifique oiseau que vous nous présentez, Chi. Les couleurs sont surprenantes avec cette dominance de bleu.
Excellent focus, belle composition, un instantané que je voudrais réaliser.
Bravo.

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  • RII Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 485 W: 0 N: 884] (2812)
  • [2006-06-01 3:58]

Hi chiliu.
" FLY IN BLUE " .....Great capture, excellent moment, good composition, nice color blue of this heron, is a very nice photo in action.

Saludos.....RICARDO

This is beautiful, Chi. Light and colors are very attractive and the movement is just frozen, with an appealing blur on the wings tips. It's not a simple in flight shot, it's also a very artistic image. Very well done!

Hi Chi Liu, this is a lovely shot of a heron in flight. I almost got one myself the other day but that was just an almost ;) so I appreciate the difficulty of getting a shot as good as this. Lovely sharpness, exposure and details. The colours are great and it's a nice composition. I love the water droplets flying from the feet. Very well done :)

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