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Golden Hour At The Heronry II

© Dick Jenkins

<b>Golden Hour At The Heronry II</b>

Uploaded: April 05, 2012

Description



Great Blue Heron with her three week old chicks enjoy the final hours of daylight. Over the next 5 weeks these chicks will grow to be 4 feet tall and their wing span will reach over six feet. GBH live an average of 15 years.

Contest entry: Animals & Wildlife

Exif: F Number: 5.7, ExposureTime: 602/100000 seconds, ISO: 160, FocalLength: 600.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 50D

Comments

Carol Quina level-classic April 05, 2012

Very cool! Love the backlighting! #1454573

Merna L. Nobile June 08, 2012


Achievement begins with belief, CONGRATULATIONS on your achievement!Merna
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Dick Jenkins June 08, 2012

Thanks Merna. How did you make out in the April contests? #10173798

Merna L. Nobile June 08, 2012

Hello Dick: Not so well this month! I need to go back for a refresher course.
Take care, Merna
#10173799

Dick Jenkins June 09, 2012

Merna, don't feel discouraged, the subject matter plays an important part in the photograph and you don't always have an interesting subject available. I've been spending lots of time at a water garden that just happens to be minutes from my home, and some days the light is just perfect, the pads clean from a recent rain, and blossoms to take my breath away. At that point I will stay there in Florida's hot sun and shoot for hours. You have the eye Merna to recognize a pleasing scene but not always do we have all these other conditions right.

As much as I love being in the swamps during wading bird mating season I had to cut my project short this year and not follow the chicks to fledging since we, wife Sandy and I ran into some poisonous snakes and were not properly protected to share their space.

Thanks you Carol Q for your nice comments. #10174089


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