Heron on wick river

[kara]

river still as busy further up stream :lol:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3906971834_f47ccd73f0_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2495/3906189805_316e17c8c2.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whispa63/

[wicker05]

Wow superb! :)

[Kenn]

About the best ever shot I have seen of a heron, well done.

[lady penelope]

Fantastic photo, the heron(if it's the same one) has been here for at least 3 years & I have never managed to get a close up pic! Well done :o)

[laguna2]

Wondeful photo ... thanks :)

[wicker05]

100 views and only 4 comments......terrible!!!!!

[Aaldtimer]

Re heron...technically...flipping cracker!:)
Is that a Sandpiper pic no 2?:confused

[Margaret M.]

The shot of the heron gets my vote for Caithness.org photo of the year. Stunning!

[Kevin Milkins]

Great photo of the heron Kara, I used to have a fish pond in my garden and I still get a nervous twitch everytime I see a heron. :eek::lol:

He helped himself to a breakfast of one of my Israeli silver carp worth over £200. :mad:

[Mystical Potato Head]

Absolute stunner,i would send that one into a Bird Watching magazine or something like it.:)

[unicorn]

Gorgeous photo well done :D

[kara]

thanks folks :) glad you liked it
Aaldtimer i think it might be a redshank but i could be wrong :lol:

[dirdyweeker]

Wonderful photo of the heron. Definately well worth admitting for a photography competition.
Thanks for sharing it and well done.

[Aaldtimer]

thanks folks :) glad you liked it
Aaldtimer i think it might be a redshank but i could be wrong :lol:


Ah, yes Kara, I think your probably right...there is a hint of red on the top of the legs, and below in the water.:)

[nirofo]

Great shot Kara, well done.

nirofo.

[grumpyhippo]

Cracker Kara. How on earth did you get so close? Even with a long lens I've always managed to spook any heron I've tried to get close to.

[Deemac]

Fab photo kara, but I would suggest that you could crop the dead thistle from the left side of the image.

[WickWitch]

You have a real talent. Some of your pictures are worthy of printing and selling. Have you ever entered any competitions? I thoroughly enjoyed looking at your gallery

[Deemac]

kara, hope you don't mind - here's a rough edit from me. Any use?

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4886/3906971834f47ccd73f0b.jpg

[ATHRoss]

Kara,

fabulous images. Well done.

ATHRoss

[kara]

deemac
thanks for the edit :)
thanks' again for all your comments , as to how i got so close a (500mm lens & also croped a bit of the river ) and i guess he /she just gave up and let me take some photos as i was up and down the river like a yoyo ..the heron then landed across from the boating shed beside the island in the water and then just jumped up on the wall for a wee while then flew back up the river ..
i also have loads of crap one's but i dont show them ...L.O.L
:D

[lynne duncan]

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/your-shot
kara your photos are beautiful, have you tried entering them for competitions or the above, the national geographic magazine now has a section for viewers photographs and i'd love to see some of the orgs entered, just a thought

[nirofo]

kara, hope you don't mind - here's a rough edit from me. Any use?

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4886/3906971834f47ccd73f0b.jpg


Sorry Deemac, you've upset the balance of the picture by throwing the birds head too far to the left edge of the frame, it needs to be looking into the frame, not looking out.

nirofo.

[Deemac]

Sorry Deemac, you've upset the balance of the picture by throwing the birds head too far to the left edge of the frame, it needs to be looking into the frame, not looking out.

nirofo.

nirofo, please post your edit. Would be good to see your version to.

[nirofo]

nirofo, please post your edit. Would be good to see your version to.


I don't usually like messing about with someone elses photo, but seeing as the precedent has already been set, here you go. There's not a lot you can do with the actual framing as the shot was already tightly cropped, however, by cropping close to the wing on the right side of the frame and cloning out the dead weeds at the left hand edge I've managed to give the birds head more room for looking out of the frame. I also added bit more room to the top of the frame.

I don't know if Karas original image had more space around the bird, if it had this would give more scope for messing about with the framing. Ideally it would be better if the bird was looking into the frame from the left as this is where the light normally comes from in the northern hemisphere, however the birds don't usually co-operate the way you would like them, (at least they don't for me) and this is a cracking shot anyway.

Karas Heron Photo.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Birds/Karas-Heron-2.jpg

nirofo

[Deemac]

Good to see some cropping variations. I agree its a cracking shot.

[Sporran]

Your heron photo is fantastic, kara! :cool: I prefer your version, and I like the border you added, which enhances it nicely!

[buggyracer]

stunning Kara, what lens did you use?

[Kevin Milkins]

A great thread which started with a fantastic subject photo and some interesting cropping options.
I am not sure if it was the same Heron, but I did get a video opportunity back in the summer that was spoiled slightly by a squawking kid across the river near to the caravan site.
No children where killed or injured during the making of this film.

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm196/kevinmilkins/th_Herron.jpg (http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm196/kevinmilkins/?action=view&current=Herron.flv)

[wicker05]

Here's a couple I took this morning.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/Papamac1/Heron/20090914_5874.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii302/Papamac1/Heron/20090914_5878.jpg

[kara]

great shot & love the rabbit in them :)

[kara]

stunning Kara, what lens did you use?

sigma 50_500mm