Venice Rookery

Gallery: AvianPosted January 25, 2010143 views18 comments

My first visit of the year and they are already under way. These GBH are so fun to watch with the interaction and joyful expressions from the arrival of there mate. I love how the breeding plumage explodes like this.
Canon 7D 2.8 300 mm L
ISO 320 f5.6 @ 1/3200

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on January 25, 2010 at 3:35 PM

Cheryl,
I like the interaction between the GBH, their plumage and the inclusion of habitat too.
Great behavioural shot!!

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 25, 2010 at 4:20 PM

Cheryl, great interaction between these two. The exposure looks good as does the sharpness. If this were mine I might try a verticle crop to really emph the birds and deemph the brazillian pepper. Overall, great shot.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by István Molnár on January 25, 2010 at 4:48 PM

Cool shot!
István

Registered on January 7, 2010, 114 Posts, 704 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Elwood on January 25, 2010 at 4:57 PM

Cheryl wonderful interaction!! I agree with Ron on the crop. Lovely light you had!

Registered on January 15, 2010, 101 Posts, 396 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Nichols on January 25, 2010 at 5:09 PM

Cheryl, I've been looking forward to seeing your images from the new birding season. I love the crazy feathers on these two. I agree with the vertical crop suggestion and would love to see how that works out.

Registered on November 7, 2007, 161 Posts, 1420 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on January 25, 2010 at 5:17 PM

A very good capture of the courtship behavior, and an interesting perch. Good techs, too. I agree with Ron's suggestion of a vertical composition.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 25, 2010 at 5:29 PM

Great interaction and detail Cheryl

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 25, 2010 at 5:52 PM

I knew there would be a vert. crop suggestion and I tried it. The reason I went against it was because I felt the front branch was distracting and the rest of the branches with the horizontal crop seemed to balance that out better. Ill try again and post soon

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Leggett on January 25, 2010 at 6:54 PM

Cheryl, even without the title I immediately recognized the location. I'm guessing that when I get there in March, this and other pairs will have youngsters testing their wings.

Registered on July 21, 2004, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on January 25, 2010 at 7:17 PM

Very nice. I like the interaction between the herons.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 25, 2010 at 8:05 PM

Great interaction here.
A vertical crop might work well too.
Sandy r

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on January 25, 2010 at 8:17 PM

Cheryl

I love the interaction between the two heron's the flared plumes and the great view of the blue lores this species develops during breeding season. I also love the beautiful sky in the background.

Agree with the suggestion for a vertical comp.

This species is very animated during courtship and you captured that very nicely.

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Dubois on January 25, 2010 at 8:20 PM

At the risk of sounding like an echo, love the interaction and I too would try a vertical crop.

Registered on February 22, 2005, 129 Posts, 4739 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Saunders on January 25, 2010 at 10:02 PM

Wonderful interaction Cheryl. I like this alot

Registered on February 6, 2008, 321 Posts, 3035 Comments

Comment posted by Graham Brown on January 26, 2010 at 7:09 AM

I'm in a minority here Cheryl as I rather like the crop showing more of the habitat. You've captured a nice moment, I've never actually experienced this behaviour in our Herons so I will have to open my eyes as I walk around in future. Lovely detail and poses I like this a lot. Graham

Registered on November 20, 2007, 275 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 26, 2010 at 10:25 AM

I like the comp fine as is Cheryl, a vertical would work well too but I think this is wonderful as posted, great interaction

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Comment posted by Danny Mustar on January 26, 2010 at 10:54 AM

Wonderful capture! It’s too bad the tree branch partially blocks the bird on the left.

Registered on January 1, 2010, 13 Posts, 24 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on January 26, 2010 at 11:42 AM

I like this very much Cheryl. The interaction, the setting and the subtle cloud striations in the background especially appeal to me. I even like the vegetation in front of the bird on the left. This crop works just fine for me. A lovely image IMO.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments