This time I was ready, GBH w/ 28-70mm

Fantastic shots Keith. Beautiful surroundings. Love the colours and the reflection really adds to these shots. Brilliant work as always.

Great environmental shot. Posing makes it better. Great all around image. Well Done Keith.

seanm wrote in post #2013092
Nice shots Keith! And yay the scary avatar is gone! =p

You mean you like this "scary" one and not my pirate..

gyrob wrote in post #2013270
Very nicely done love the reflection, it amazes me how your birds let you get so close Heron's in the uk are so shy we need 400mm plus to get them- even today i could not get close enough and thats with a 500mm +1.4tc .
Rob.

There are alot of these guys around in these parts and they seemed to be more tolerant of people. Once in a while I'll get lucky and really get close to one of these. That morning, I put the 28 to 70 on not knowing if I would, then I spotted this one )

Gary Fairhead wrote in post #2010181
Great shots Keith. I guess you will be getting rid of the 100-400 now right? Nice habitat, reflections , composition. Blue makes an interesting observation and the Heron does have a fair amount of rust colored feathers, especially on the side shown in the second image. I photographed a Heron here in Ottawa that also has a lot of rust/reddish colored feathers......Nice work Keith!

No Gary, I think I'll hold on to that 1 to 4 just a little longer , these little guys are the exception, not the rule. It seems that these may associate people with food as this guy makes his morning stop at a nearby bird sanctuary to eat and then hangs around the the water for additional food.
Thanks to all for the wonderful comments. I think I will try and put the lens to more use when the opportunity presents it self.

lovely shots keith

Oh man, I love those shots. You did gooooooood! Wanna share that 100-400?????
Karen

Good detail and reflections, I like these!

Keith,

Nice pair of photos. Good detail with lots of the natural environment depicted.
Almost makes them "nature" shots instead of "bird" shots...

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I think he/she likes you, Keith Toothpick in beak an all

Ecxellent job!