Great Blue - second try

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Three very nice shots, Nancy. You can easily straighten the left-leaning horizon in #1. I like your low perspective in the shots and you're right, that's a nice sized sunfish in #2! I think I would use pp to increase the contrast a little in the shots, but #2 and #3 are a nice action sequence. And #1 is a very nice portrait.


Ron

Hope you dont mind ?.But your first shot is way to bright .

I did a quick Levels adjustment.Oh and added some more saturation.

I love seeing these guys .I try my hardest to get close to one, but they always fly off from me .

Level'd the water now aswell (which i did'nt notice lol)

Thanks everyone! I am started to hate Photoshop. I can't make up my mind what looks better and what doesn't (when I do it - everyone else's efforts are tremendous!).
It's funny about herons - some are shy, and some could care less. I took these shots from my car, in a picnic area where a group of detention center prisoners were taking their lunch break from road work. The heron had a very appreciative audience.
When he was finished, he just calmly walked around the little island and continued fishing on the other side, out of view. I swear they have individual personalities.

Nancy

Great Captures..

Love the 2nd one,great catch.

Very nice series of shots. Love action/behaviour shots so my vote is on 2 and 3. Well done.

These shots are definitely better than your first shots if I remember correctly. Are these taken with the 70-300 mm lens? It looks bright enough you should be able to either bump up the iso to increase shutter speed or change the f-stop so that you could get shutter speeds in the 1/800 sec range or faster. Use of a tripod would take out your movement, do you use the IS on this lens?

Thanks. Not the 70-300, but the new 400mmL. I'm having a time hand-holding, which I know it isn't meant for. By the end of the morning, I was up to higher ISOs and different f-stops, but haven't had a chance to look at those shots yet. I don't think they were particularly memorable. I had the new monopod in the car with me, but never got out to try it . (as I mentioned earlier, the chain gang was out on the road and having a lunch break)
I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow (to San Diego, with a trip to the Zoo in the plans), but leaving the XT home in favor of the old S2. When I get back, I plan to try some early morning shots, in order to avoid that bright glare.

We have plenty of GB herons here as well. Get out to the Point Loma Tide Pools during a minus tide and you can get fairly close to them.

Exactly, a great shot this particular one. Love your photos.