The Great Blue Heron by nongo

Photography • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Apr 13, 2007

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I was very pleased with this shot seeings how fast I had to jump out of the car and click...he flew off.. but I really love how it shows his bluish wings, now I know why their called Blue Herons... enjoy...

Comments (29)

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Cosine

11:20PM | Fri, 13 April 2007

Excellent focus and detail on Portland's official city bird, especially on such short notice. We won't ask why a city needs an official bird...

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Apophis906

11:21PM | Fri, 13 April 2007

What an awesome flight shot here, wonderful catch.

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nongo

11:25PM | Fri, 13 April 2007

I didn't know a city had a official bird????

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jocko500

11:26PM | Fri, 13 April 2007

that is a very good shot.; I know birds is hard to shoot

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keeneye

11:49PM | Fri, 13 April 2007

Amazing catch Akemi, especially for jumping out of the car like that!!?? The wings are just gorgeous and it really shows how huge the wingspan is!! Love it!!!!

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babuci

12:08AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Great bird shot! Nice colors on a water!

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sharky_

12:31AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Wow! You got this guy on the fly, thats very impressive. Nice catch. Aloha

vlaaitje

12:44AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

O yes...I would be happy as well....wonderful shot....lovely colours as well.....you can see the 2 colours on its wings...superB

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astro66

1:00AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Great looking shot, it was good of you to capture it so well.! :)

frankie96

1:34AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

zoom in on this one to see the detail and color ..great shot.

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gunsan

2:43AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Never seen one here in Sweden, have to enjoy it from your wonderful photo!

Valerie-Ducom

4:41AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Wowww, so impressiv timing in this bird and excellent composition and color !!! Good weekend :)

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Chaos911

5:00AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

wonderfuly taken :)

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mark.spooner

5:09AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Excellent!

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short_ribs

5:26AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Beautiful shot Akemi! Love the color in this and well your timing turned out to be perfect on this one! Truly beautiful! Hope you're keeping well and safe there. Thanks for sharing. Oh and about the avatar eye thing... yeah they are kinda blue to start with but a bit of it is manipulation and saturation in photoshop ;)

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Janiss

6:08AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Wonderfull capture and such light!

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st_fish

7:21AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

What a beauty!!! And the the bird's not bad either! 8;o)

kjpweb

7:30AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Yeah - that is him alright! Beautiful shot!

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kansas

9:03AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

WOW! Wonderful capture. Beautiful blue. Thanks for sharing.

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auntietk

11:29AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Congratulations on an excellent capture! Everything about this seems perfect to me. Nicely done!

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Loloe

11:51AM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Superb capture!!!! Bravo!!!

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Silvra

6:11PM | Sat, 14 April 2007

Wunderbares Foto! Super!

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maggiemai

10:12AM | Sun, 15 April 2007

Woooohoooo Akemi!! I'd be SO happy just to SEE one of these birds... we do have them here but where is a mystery to me. :-) This is a beautiful shot!!! Perfectly stopped in action and that BLUE is gorgeous!!! It looks like you took it with a tripod instead of after jumping out of a car! Beautiful work! :-)

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