BIRD DAY – NATIONALDAYS CHALLENGES
GREAT BLUE HERON, PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA
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National Bird Day has been celebrated on May 4th since 1894, so it has been around for a while! Today I went for a walk in my neighborhood armed with my canon 5D Mark II and my new Sigma 100-400mm lens with hopes of finding some birds to photograph. It was not my lucky day though. I did photograph a couple of Canada Geese on a neighborhood pond, but I was hoping to catch a glimpse of an egret or a Great Blue Heron like this one I photographed a couple of weeks ago in my neighborhood using my old 100-300mm Canon lens with broken auto focus!
The Great Blue Heron, the largest of the herons, is common wherever there is water here in Florida. It is quite easy to photograph this bird, as it will stand still for long periods of time when looking for fish, snakes and small turtles etc
Waiting patiently for the catch!
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I caught something!
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Agh! It's a twig!
Image ©Diane Macdonald. All Rights Reserved.
| Camera | EOS 5D Mark II |
| Lens | EF100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM |
| Exposure | Varied |
| Location | Ponte Vedra beach Florida |
| Post-processing | Adobe® Photoshop CC 2018, Adobe® Camera Raw |
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I never know which one is the blue and white one is the grey Heron. We have one of those here at the bay. Gorgeous looking birds! Love the long feathers on the neck.
We don’t have grey herons in the US and I beleve the great blue heron is only seen in north and south America. That makes it easy for me. Lol! The adults have the long feathers I think.
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Wonderful series of shots. I've the Great Blues when I lived in NJ. At least I think that's what there were. It's been quite a few years now.
Thanks! Yes, I’m sure that would have been what they were. They do live in NJ too.
Gorgeous bird and shots! The last is my favorite with all ripples and reflections :)
Thanks for stopping by to comment! My favorite is the second one. :-)
He is adorable! And photos are so ... clear! Great shots!
Thanks! And thanks for stopping by to comment!
It!s my pleasure :)
Have you used Photoshop or other photo editing programs much to apply filters? There are some really neat options out there.
I have not used any "filters" in these shots. They have been post-processed in Adobe Camera Raw and in Adobe Photoshop CC 2018. All my images are shot in Raw format and then processed by me. :-)