Bluebird and Heron

Took these at a local park one evening while looking for some winter migrants to photograph that are moving through the area. The GBH is full-frame and the Bluebird is cropped quite a bit. Thanks for looking.

Nice pics, Brad. That is one ROUGH looking heron, though.

Nice work. That Heron is one mean dude.

Very nice Brad, like the light a lot in these. The juvi Great Blues tend to look a little scruffy.

Two real nice shots Brad,

That Bluebird crop held up very well... what lens/combo gives you 840mm? And about how far was the Bluebird shot?

good work on both of these,

Kenn

Nicely done Brad

Nice captures Brad, must be fun to see these large Herons. I hope to see some in California this winter.

Good looking shots Brad... the heron has some interesting light, nicely done.

db

very nice shots Brad

Snydremark wrote in post #11288401
Nice pics, Brad. That is one ROUGH looking heron, though.

Thank you for the comments Eric. He does look pretty rough. He was preening trying to straighten up while we were sitting there.

Jack Cooper wrote in post #11288623
Nice work. That Heron is one mean dude.

Thanks a lot Jack, He does look grumpy at that angle.

Nighthound wrote in post #11289782
Very nice Brad, like the light a lot in these. The juvi Great Blues tend to look a little scruffy.

Thank you Steve, It's very much appreciated. The light was fading very fast and I had to get at least a few keepers from these two.

kenn3d wrote in post #11290712
Two real nice shots Brad,

That Bluebird crop held up very well... what lens/combo gives you 840mm? And about how far was the Bluebird shot?

good work on both of these,

Kenn

Thanks a lot Kenn. I was using my 600f/4 with the 1.4tc attached. The Bluebird was about 40 yards away, give or take. At first I wasn't going to process the Bluebird shot but I gave it a try and it turned out pretty decent.

Shar824 wrote in post #11290777
Nicely done Brad

Thank you very much Sharon!

ajosteve wrote in post #11290809
Nice captures Brad, must be fun to see these large Herons. I hope to see some in California this winter.

Thanks a bunch Steve, It is neat to see the GBH's especially up close like this one. I had to take off my TC to get a decent shot of him because he was so close.

dbriz wrote in post #11291919
Good looking shots Brad... the heron has some interesting light, nicely done.

db

Thank you very much Dave. I wish I was there a little bit earlier to have more time with this guy in the golden hour.

kmunroe wrote in post #11292769
very nice shots Brad

Thanks kmunroe.

Nice shots

akhan wrote in post #11297073
Nice shots

Thanks, akhan

Beautiful warm photographs Brad. Both of them!

Great shots, Brad, and I certainly would NOT want to tangle with that heron!!

Sweet shots in sweet light, Brad. Love the Bluebird shot.