Inspiring Photo: Great Blue #1819588

Great Blue

Uploaded: March 02, 2006 03:36:45

Description

A Great Blue Heron with his beautiful hair flowing with the evening breeze

Canon 100 - 400L IS at 400mm. ISO 200, Early evening light, 1/1000th at f8.0 -1/2 stop

Comments

Bridgette B March 02, 2006

What an amazing capture,Jeff!! #401529

Tammy Scott March 02, 2006

Beautiful profile and great lighting! He looks very regal!!! #2486575

Jenny Bosmans March 02, 2006

Superb composition, details and colors, Jeff!! Excellent!! #2486655

Gail Vitikacs March 02, 2006

Fantastic capture Jeff! #2486665

Cindy Paquette March 02, 2006

Spectacular Jeff!! #2486676

Judy S. Fung March 02, 2006

Terrific lighting and capture, Jeff! #2486678

Laura Clay-Ballard March 02, 2006

superb clarity! awesome capture! #2486683

Renee Doyle March 02, 2006

Fantastic capture Jeff!!! Love the profile and the lighting!!! Wonderful!
#2486717

Nina Shields March 02, 2006

Jeff, outstanding work in capturing such a special bird; the lighting and detailing couldn't be better and your exposure is perfect; Congratulations! #2486747

Carolyn M. Fletcher March 02, 2006

First time I ever saw heron hair! Maybe it's a hairon..? #2486765

Graeme yew Chow March 02, 2006

Very focus shot , excellent Jeff. #2486779

Darren K. Fisher March 02, 2006

Now that is some great detail you have captured. The water and the color of it sure made a great looking BG. #2486873

Paul Michko March 02, 2006

Such a detailed portrait image, Jeff. #2486907

Richard D. Cox March 02, 2006

CCC (color, comp, clarity) all excellent. A+
#2486985

Roger Bernabo March 02, 2006

Super image Jeff! #2487008

Pamela Shane March 02, 2006

Absolute perfection in every way Jeff -
I LOVE this!!!! :) #2487047

Lorraine A. Cook March 02, 2006

What a marvelous capture, Jeff. He looks regal!!<:)) #2487071

Agnes Fegan March 02, 2006

Fantastic image Jeff! #2487204

Carla Metzler March 02, 2006

Fantastic capture, Jeff! #2487287

Ken Smith March 02, 2006

Jeff, perfect picture. Simple, but effective. #2487313

Donald K. Cherry March 02, 2006

Terrific capture, Jeff! #2487360

Alan L. Borror March 02, 2006

Truly an awesome image, Jeff! #2487583

Murry Grigsby March 02, 2006

Super catch Jeff! Great lighting!! #2487720

Claudia Kuhn March 02, 2006

Awesome portrait and capture Jeff! Great detail! #2487770

Wende Trew March 02, 2006

WowWow!!! This is an awesome capture Jeff!!! Love it!! #2487863

Stan Kwasniowski March 02, 2006

Jeff, excellent capture #2487934

Shelly A. Van Camp March 02, 2006

Great capture, colors and love the pose!! #2488297

Emile Abbott March 02, 2006

Beautiful profile Jeff and the detail is crisp. #2488914

Jeff Robinson March 02, 2006

Thank you all very much for commenting today! We have a few GBH living near our home and it has been really nice to get out and interact with them! Some of them do not mid the camera at all. Jeff #2489034

Judyann Plante March 02, 2006

Amazing capture, Jeff! Great color and detail. #2489113

Nobu Nagase March 02, 2006

Awesome capture!!!
Great looking great blue! #2489154

Deb Holmes-Hatfield March 02, 2006

Wonderful capture of this handsome bird Jeff, well done! #2489194

Mike F. Anderson March 02, 2006

Great close-up Jeff. It's elegant in its simplicity! #2489220

Daniel Diaz March 02, 2006

EXCELLENT capture and clarity Jeff!!! #2489339

Kathleen Clemons March 02, 2006

Want to bring me one of these the next time you come home? I can't get anywhere near the ones up here. :) This is excellent, Jeff! #2489434

Jeff Robinson March 02, 2006

Thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments! Kathleen: I will try to get one home for you to photograph the next time we come that way! Leena and I are very lucky to have a couple of these near our home here in Texas that are not so shy! Most GBH are not as cooperative as this guy! Jeff #2489495

Dave Sanders March 02, 2006

Awesome color and detail Jeff. Great work #2489713

Janine Russell March 02, 2006

Jeff, very nice detail, exposure and lighting. #2489849

Stanley J. Contrades March 02, 2006

Incredible profile capture, Jeff! He looks really sleek and your exposure brings out every little detail clearly!! Beautifully done!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #2490138

Candice C. Calhoun March 02, 2006

gorgeous portrait, incredible detail!

ccc #2490194

Donna Roberts March 03, 2006

I love the detail and framing of this strong profile Jeff.
Excellent capture!
:-) ddu
#2490393

Jeff Robinson March 03, 2006

Thanks so much for all of the wonderful comments!! Jeff #2490684

Sylvia Rossler March 03, 2006

How beautiful !! Love those amazing details and colors in your shot !!!! Great work Jeff :O) #2492072

Mary N C. Taitt March 03, 2006

Great capture, Jeff, very pretty, love the eye and other details, nicely done! Mary :-) #2492315

Jeff Robinson March 03, 2006

Thank you Sylvia and Mary very much!! Jeff #2492549

Cathy Barrows March 03, 2006

very nice..i love these guys #2493676

Jeff Robinson March 04, 2006

Thanks Cathy!! The GBH really is a lot of fun to watch and photograph! Jeff #2494253

Jill Odice March 04, 2006

Nice catch Jeff! Very impressive! #2497252

Evy Johansen March 04, 2006

This is great, Jeff!! Beautiful clarity and colors! Wonderful composition! #2497393

Jim Kinnunen March 04, 2006

Beautiful portrait of this elegant heron, Jeff!:) #2497461

Jeff Robinson March 05, 2006

Thank you all very much!! Jeff #2498297

Nadia Paul March 06, 2006

What wonderful lighting and detail... top shot Jeff! #2503471

Jeff Robinson March 07, 2006

Thanks very much Nadia! Jeff #2505733

Kate Jackson March 07, 2006

Incredible capture of the profile of this beautiful bird! #2508009

Brad R. Stewart March 07, 2006

Nice crisp image, great shot! #2508011

Jeff Robinson March 07, 2006

Kate & Brad: Thank you very much! Jeff #2508256

Deborah C. Lewinson March 07, 2006

Stunning!!!
-debby #2508606

Jeff Robinson March 08, 2006

Thanks very much Debby! Jeff #2512129

Tracy Reehal March 11, 2006

Gorgeous capture and lighting, Jeff. I bet we see this one again! #2522504

Jeff Robinson March 12, 2006

Thanks very much Tracy! I hope that you are correct! Jeff #2523069

Marsha S. Smith March 12, 2006

Gorgeous! I love wildlife images and you have some truly wonderful ones. I live to try and get a shot of a heron or egret that is this good. #2523890

Jeff Robinson March 12, 2006

Thanks very much Marsha! Jeff #2524296

Dennis Flanagan March 14, 2006

Great close-up and focus jeff. #2530938

Jeff Robinson March 14, 2006

Thanks Dennis! Jeff #2532122

Life Expressions April 25, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist, Jeff!! #2685828

Sylvia Rossler April 25, 2006

Big congrats on your well deserved finalist Jeff :o) #2685906

Mike F. Anderson April 25, 2006

Jeff - Congratulations on your finalist! #2686413

Kathy Shogren April 25, 2006

Congrats Jeff on this beauty! Good luck with this one. #2686748

Deborah C. Lewinson April 25, 2006

Awesome portrait, Jeff! Congratulations on your finalist and best wishes for the next round!
-Debby #2687773

Nadia Paul April 25, 2006

Congrats on this wonderful finalist Jeff! #2688228

Diane Dupuis April 25, 2006

Fantastic Capture! Congrats!! #2688689

Jill Flynn April 25, 2006

A big congratulations on your finalist Jeff! #2689088

Renee Doyle April 25, 2006

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Jeff!!! Best of luck in the next round!
#2689340

Jim Kinnunen April 25, 2006

Congratulations on this very fine finalist, Jeff!:) #2690452

Kristi A. Howson April 25, 2006

Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist and Best of Luck in the next round Jeff! Wonderful framing and comp on this! #2690948

Chris Macer April 25, 2006

Congrats on your finalist, Jeff! Best of luck! :) #2691084

Jenny Bosmans April 26, 2006

Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Jeff!! #2691931

Emile Abbott April 26, 2006

Congratulation on another great composition and finalist, Jeff. #2693923

Marsha S. Smith April 26, 2006

Congratulations, Jeff. This is just perfect! My dream shot! #2694597

Sherry Stricklin Boles April 26, 2006

Congratulations, Jeff! I'm with Marsha...A DREAM shot! #2694722

Judy S. Fung April 26, 2006

Congrats, Jeff! #2695290

Su Sana E. P April 26, 2006

Congratulations on this stunning Finalist, Jeff!! #2695304

Marie Fields April 26, 2006

AWESOME image, Jeff! Congratulations and good luck in the next round! #2695732

Lorraine A. Cook April 26, 2006

Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Jeff!!<:)) #2695998

Linda D. Lester April 27, 2006

Beautiful....Congratulations! #2699531

Debbie Hartley April 28, 2006

Awesome finalist Jeff! Congratulations! #2701217

Jeff Robinson April 28, 2006

Thank you all very much for your great comments and support of this image! Jeff #2703119

SaMi Martin May 02, 2006

Great capture; the detail is awesome! #2718124

Jeff Robinson May 03, 2006

Thank you SaMi! Jeff #2721574

Judy V. Kennamer May 26, 2006

Jeff - I live with Blue Herons everyday - they fish from my pier all day long -- but I have NEVER seen one this close up! What a great job you've done here - these are very cautious birds - and you've captured every detail! Good job! Judy #2818020

Jeff Robinson May 30, 2006

Thank you Judy very much for your wonderful comment! This GBH was very unusal as he let me get quite close to him! Jeff #2832088

Jack Nevitt July 01, 2006

Thanks for commenting on my butterfly. You have some really nice images as well.

Jack
www.jnevitt.com
www.vasafaris.com
#2974792

Jeff Robinson July 01, 2006

Thanks Very much Jack! Jeff #2975986

Akhilesh Sharma July 05, 2006

This is just perfect! #2987584

Jeff Robinson July 05, 2006

Thank You very much! Jeff #2989876

Gordon Barter January 01, 2008

WOW! Jeff I have hundreds of shots of the Great Blue but nothing comes close to this awsome capture! #5276607

Jeff Robinson January 01, 2008

Thank You Very Much Gord! Jeff #5277879

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