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Eye to Eye

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted September 20, 201279 views5 comments

The Green Heron was motionless along the shoreline in wait of some prey when the group of Blue Damselfly moved in to send him on his way.

Sony a77
70-400 mm G Series Zoom @ 400mm
tripod and ball head
ISO 1000
50% crop
LR4.1 raw
PS5 corrections
1.250 sec
f 8

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on September 20, 2012 at 8:55 PM

WOW what a cool shot Rick. I can only image how many hours a person can wait in the field to catch a shot like this ( or lucky I guess).

Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 21, 2012 at 10:54 AM

The damsel on the beak's very cool Rick, this doesn't happen but once in a lifetime

I see several other damsels about..Maybe it was his cologne?

Great post!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on September 21, 2012 at 3:27 PM

This heron walked into a Damsel get together because the action went on and on for 5 or so minutes. This beak thing blew me away and then they would double team the heron back and forth. Nature is magical

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on September 21, 2012 at 5:58 PM

Nature is indeed magical, Rick! What amazing things are ours to witness if we bother to look and wait. Love the capture of the damselfly on the beak. . .I guess because he was so still they thought his beak was a branch.

Wonderful moment to witness and capture.

Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 22, 2012 at 3:46 PM

Excellent shot, especially with the damsel flies. I'm a little surprised that the bird didn't just eat them as dessert. I think you could improve this a bit by burning in the leafy foliage on the right

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments