The End

Gallery: AvianPosted June 29, 2013259 views14 comments

See my earlier post Eye to Eye to see the initial encounter. As you can see the Great Blue Heron decided he could eat this large shad.

Nikon D300 F8 1/500 ISO 400 with 200-400 and 1.4 teleconverter.

Let me know if this crop works for this image. A little tighter than Eye to Eye.

Thanks

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Rob Graham on June 29, 2013 at 11:21 PM

That is quite the mouthful. Great action, and I like the moment you chose to show, with the fish going down but still showing its great size. The crop works well.

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Comment posted by Martin Dunn on June 30, 2013 at 3:28 AM

Great follow up to your previous shot Andrew. The crop works for me. Plenty of detail and the subtle colours are well balanced.

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Comment posted by Claude Dagenais on June 30, 2013 at 7:18 AM

Nice action on this one Andrew and very sharp well exposed capture. Maybe a little tight on the right side and bottom but this just a question of taste.

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Comment posted by Andy Shepherd on June 30, 2013 at 11:06 AM

Perfectly timed shot, Andrew. It's amazing just how big a fish a Heron can swallow.

Andy...

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 30, 2013 at 11:52 AM

Wow, amazing ! I have seen this many times, and it always seems a struggle for both fish and heron

. Great shot ! Hans

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Comment posted by Randy Bacon on June 30, 2013 at 11:57 AM

Great action capture Andrew - another GBH challenging the laws of physics. I like the crop except at the bottom where I feel we have lost the virtual feet. Nice image, thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on June 30, 2013 at 12:46 PM

Nice dinner shot. Love the title. Don't mind the crop either.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 30, 2013 at 6:29 PM

It's always amazing to see what they can eat. Very nice shot, Andrew.

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on June 30, 2013 at 10:29 PM

More room for the legs may have been nice, but the emphasis here is on the size of the meal. Another nice image in this series. Sharon

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Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on June 30, 2013 at 10:56 PM

Andrew,
What a great shot. When I saw the first shot you posted, I did not think the bird could get the fish down. Your statement corrected that perception, and this shot is just stunning. The sequence is wonderful. The iridescence of fish, the color of the rocks, the swirling water in the foreground and the waves in the background cause me to almost smell the salt air.

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Comment posted by May Haga on July 1, 2013 at 9:08 AM

Wonderful action. Amazing that this bird could swallow that fish.
May

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Comment posted by LeRoy Gunderson on July 1, 2013 at 9:15 AM

Down the hatch!! Great shot. I never realized they could swallow such a large fish.