Humph, got a few shots of a heron in flight. At the very end of the range of my lens (canon 75-300 with x2), ah well at least it's recognisable. 
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sanrossscot Member  107 posts Joined Apr 2007 Location: West Sussex, UK More info | May 27, 2007 09:48 | #1 Humph, got a few shots of a heron in flight. At the very end of the range of my lens (canon 75-300 with x2), ah well at least it's recognisable.
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littlehuw Member  78 posts Joined May 2007 Location: UK More info | May 27, 2007 10:01 | #2 Great shot, I have a similar one as he passed overhead, but the camera was still attached to the tripod so it came out all fuzzy! I do have a couple that keep landing to look at the fish in my pond and the best opportunity, unfortunately missed as I didn't have the camera sat next to me, was when he sat on the fence about 20 feet away with his wings up! I love these birds, I am quite happy if the occasional £1.50 goldfish disappears as I don't want to net the pond!
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exerda Member  245 posts Joined Mar 2006 Location: Fairfax, VA More info | There are wildlife preserves where herons are much more approachable. Where I live, even in the parks the herons and egrets tend to be skittish and unapproachable, but visiting Fort De Soto near Tampa, FL, for instance, I have had GBH, Reddish Egrets, Tricolored Herons, Little Blues, etc. all that I could have actually petted on the head I think if I'd wanted. I certainly was able to get so close to several GBH that all I could get with my 300mm (even with the TC removed) I was barely able to get hust a headshot. Canon 6D; 7D mkII; EF 500mm f4L II; EF 24-105mm f4L; EF 300mm f4L IS; EF 16-35 f2.8L II; EF 24-70 f2.8L II; EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-4.5;1.4x TC III; 2x TC III Speedlite 580 EX II
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May 27, 2007 10:50 | #4 exerda wrote in post #3274567  There are wildlife preserves where herons are much more approachable. Where I live, even in the parks the herons and egrets tend to be skittish and unapproachable, but visiting Fort De Soto near Tampa, FL, for instance, I have had GBH, Reddish Egrets, Tricolored Herons, Little Blues, etc. all that I could have actually petted on the head I think if I'd wanted. I certainly was able to get so close to several GBH that all I could get with my 300mm (even with the TC removed) I was barely able to get hust a headshot. It can be a lot of fun to visit places like that and create some really nice shots without having to drool over the really long lenses.  True, but drooling and wishing is fun too
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May 27, 2007 11:10 | #5 This was one in its nest 
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CRE@TE Goldmember  1,676 posts Likes: 2 Joined Feb 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada More info | May 27, 2007 11:11 | #6 I've been within 5 - 10 feet of them here in Vancouver's Stanley Park. I got stuff for taking pictures. :o When things are unclear - It's time to refocus.
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the animals at the the wildlife place are more approachable, the herons were just too far off really