Great Blue Heron Encounter
f/5.0 1/320 sec 190 mm ISO 160
I spotted a Great Blue Heron feeding by the lake yesterday. So I grabbed a few photos. It's pretty common to see egrets and cranes here, but heron sightings are fairly infrequent. After getting my camera I was able to get fairly close to her. She seemed undisturbed by my photoshooting. Her attention was elsewhere. Suddenly she turned. There was a huge splash and in a second she was flying off with a big perch in her bill.
f/5.0 1/320 sec 135 mm ISO 160
f/5.0 1/400 sec 300 mm ISO 200
She had one eye on the lake. In a flash she grabbed a perch a foot or two off shore and was taking it across the lake for dinner.
f/5.6 1/500 sec 300 mm ISO 160
f/5.6 1/500 sec 300 mm ISO 320
f/5.6 1/500 sec 300 mm ISO 200
f/5.6 1/500 sec 300 mm ISO 250
f/11.0 1/500 sec 300 mm ISO 1000
| Category | animalphotography |
| Settings | Various |
| Camera | Canon 60D |
| Lens | Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM |
| Location | Mims, Florida |
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