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Gallery: AvianPosted May 5, 20186,524 views5 comments

These Great Blue Herons were nesting on an island in the St. Johns River in Florida the first week of March. Canon 60D, f11, 1/1000 sec, iso 400, -0.7 EV, 100-400 ISLii at 300 mm, handheld from anchored boat. Thanks for your thoughts and critique.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on May 5, 2018 at 8:26 PM

I like the poses and how you included the nest. Reminds of Venice Rookery.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 6, 2018 at 11:41 AM

I recognize the location, Ed. You did a good job getting this pair isolated and capturing this bonding display.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on May 6, 2018 at 3:43 PM

Great moment captured very well, Ed. I like that you included the nest, and some of their surroundings, as well as them having the nice partly cloudy sky for the background.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 6, 2018 at 5:09 PM

Very nice composition, Ed. It's difficult to get such an uncluttered shot in a rookery. I do wish the right hand bird had given you a bit of a head turn to put some light in the eye, but it's exponentially more difficult to get more than one bird to cooperate at a time. I'd be more than happy with this one. You might try cropping just to the left of the lone leafy branch and adding some canvas on top for a vertical image as an alternate composition.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on May 6, 2018 at 6:36 PM

Terrific behavioral image with good environment. All the rookeries near me are high in the trees and I could never get an image like this.

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