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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Mark Nadler on March 20, 2021, 01:27:23 pm

Title: Blue Heron, Nest Buidling
Post by: Mark Nadler on March 20, 2021, 01:27:23 pm

Comments welcomed.

Mark

Title: Re: Blue Heron, Nest Buidling
Post by: bobfriedman on March 20, 2021, 04:56:40 pm

well done. sharp with a nice background.

Title: Re: Blue Heron, Nest Buidling
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 20, 2021, 10:40:44 pm

Very fine shot.

Title: Re: Blue Heron, Nest Buidling
Post by: Bob_B on March 21, 2021, 08:28:22 am

+1

Title: Re: Blue Heron, Nest Buidling
Post by: francois on March 21, 2021, 10:30:57 am

A dream shot… Sharp with pleasant posture and good colors.

Title: Re: Blue Heron, Nest Buidling
Post by: Michael West on March 22, 2021, 02:32:44 pm

Quote from: francois on March 21, 2021, 10:30:57 am

A dream shot… Sharp with pleasant posture and good colors.

what you said.
+ A Rather Unique shot in that i had previously never seen s bird carrying that much timber

Title: Re: Blue Heron, Nest Buidling
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 23, 2021, 11:18:12 am

I wouldn't expect that much timber for a sparrow or chicadee, but a Great Blue is pretty strong.
I wonder if he plans to chop it into smaller pieces to build the nest. Perhaps that big piece is the underlying framework.

It is a very unusual shot.

Title: Re: Blue Heron, Nest Buidling
Post by: Mark Nadler on March 23, 2021, 05:36:48 pm

Thanks for all of your comments.  I live by a Blue Heron rookery.  It offers me non-stop entertainment just watching them engage in their nest-building activity.
Normally, I go to the rookery around 4 pm each day.  The birds have unique flight paths as they gather nest-building materials.  Around 20% of these flight paths offer me a chance to take a properly lit picture. Most of the materials that the Herons are gathering are smaller than the branch in my shot.

The rookery is located in Cuyahoga National Park.  This park is a short drive from Akron and Cleveland Ohio.  Anyone interested in visiting this site then please let me know and I can provide more direction
to the rookery.

Mark