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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: jackbreakfast on October 04, 2011, 11:52:29 AM

Title: that good green heron water scrape
Post by: jackbreakfast on October 04, 2011, 11:52:29 AM
Hello there
Pleased am I to present these shots, taken in ungodly light! Well, the first one had some nice light, but as you can see, the 2nd and 3rd shots gave me problems...
Still, what a bird!
Butorides virescens, indeed!
J. Breakfast
(http://www.jackbreakfast.com/birds/grt.jpg)
(http://www.jackbreakfast.com/birds/fyt.jpg)
(http://www.jackbreakfast.com/birds/slamzy.jpg)
Title: Re: that good green heron water scrape
Post by: Irene on October 04, 2011, 03:14:08 PM
Nice shots! He was there today too but I had missed him but was rewarded graciously with an Osprey...
Title: Re: that good green heron water scrape
Post by: jackbreakfast on October 04, 2011, 08:01:48 PM
Ah yes! An osprey is a great bird b/c its name can be pronounced in two different ways; neither pronunciation is wrong!
Title: Re: that good green heron water scrape
Post by: Moira on October 09, 2011, 07:55:21 PM
Nice shots - love the pose in #2.
Title: Re: that good green heron water scrape
Post by: BoboBird on October 10, 2011, 05:27:16 AM
Really nice shots. Congrats.
Title: Re: that good green heron water scrape
Post by: jackbreakfast on October 10, 2011, 01:03:13 PM
Thanks, good folks. I swear to you! I'd flip out full-time if I loved somewhere "birdier" like Texas or New Jersey, but here in Ontario we have do the best with what we've got...that said, living in TX or NJ would be a little like living on different planets. As Elvis Costello said, "they're barely civilized down there!"
Title: Re: that good green heron water scrape
Post by: Phiddy on October 11, 2011, 05:27:30 AM
You did great with the harsh light.
Very nice shots !
Title: Re: that good green heron water scrape
Post by: jackbreakfast on October 12, 2011, 12:44:33 AM
Thanks, Phiddy! Heaven bless our heron friends; they keep us young while the rest of the world gets old...