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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Larry Heath on February 06, 2017, 11:27:27 am

Title: Breeding season in full swing
Post by: Larry Heath on February 06, 2017, 11:27:27 am

Venice rookery seems to be doing OK this year, not what it once was for sure.  Most of the Mangrove Trees are gone, taken over by the invasive African Pepper. I am told that some group tried some sort of “intervention” or something and it appears a good bit of the foliage in the center of the island is no longer there.

Anyway here is one of the resident Great Blue’s heading back with a bit of nesting material.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/356/32594391062_fe6ffa9bf9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/REfLTG)

Meet and greet with two chicks in the nest

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/276/32707289976_79fbe8d703_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RQepNG)

Great white egret gathering nesting material

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/354/32748348245_d92dd22734_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RTRQZT)

Title: Re: Breeding season in full swing
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 06, 2017, 06:38:37 pm

Great shots, Larry!
I especially love the family portrait.

Title: Re: Breeding season in full swing
Post by: Larry Heath on February 09, 2017, 11:29:47 am

Thanks for the kind words.

Later Larry

Title: Re: Breeding season in full swing
Post by: Blue439 on February 09, 2017, 01:03:09 pm

The bokeh looks quite "hairy" in the second photo, lots of "shimmy"... Which lens is that?