Great Blue
Uploaded: March 02, 2006 03:36:45
A Great Blue Heron with his beautiful hair flowing with the evening breeze
Canon 100 - 400L IS at 400mm. ISO 200, Early evening light, 1/1000th at f8.0 -1/2 stop
Bridgette B March 02, 2006
What an amazing capture,Jeff!! #401529Tammy Scott March 02, 2006
Beautiful profile and great lighting! He looks very regal!!! #2486575Jenny Bosmans March 02, 2006
Superb composition, details and colors, Jeff!! Excellent!! #2486655Gail Vitikacs March 02, 2006
Fantastic capture Jeff! #2486665Cindy Paquette March 02, 2006
Spectacular Jeff!! #2486676Judy S. Fung March 02, 2006
Terrific lighting and capture, Jeff! #2486678Laura Clay-Ballard March 02, 2006
superb clarity! awesome capture! #2486683Renee Doyle March 02, 2006
Fantastic capture Jeff!!! Love the profile and the lighting!!! Wonderful!Nina Shields March 02, 2006
Jeff, outstanding work in capturing such a special bird; the lighting and detailing couldn't be better and your exposure is perfect; Congratulations! #2486747Carolyn M. Fletcher March 02, 2006
First time I ever saw heron hair! Maybe it's a hairon..? #2486765Graeme yew Chow March 02, 2006
Very focus shot , excellent Jeff. #2486779Darren K. Fisher March 02, 2006
Now that is some great detail you have captured. The water and the color of it sure made a great looking BG. #2486873Paul Michko March 02, 2006
Such a detailed portrait image, Jeff. #2486907Richard D. Cox March 02, 2006
CCC (color, comp, clarity) all excellent. A+Roger Bernabo March 02, 2006
Super image Jeff! #2487008Pamela Shane March 02, 2006
Absolute perfection in every way Jeff -Lorraine A. Cook March 02, 2006
What a marvelous capture, Jeff. He looks regal!!<:)) #2487071Agnes Fegan March 02, 2006
Fantastic image Jeff! #2487204Carla Metzler March 02, 2006
Fantastic capture, Jeff! #2487287Ken Smith March 02, 2006
Jeff, perfect picture. Simple, but effective. #2487313Donald K. Cherry March 02, 2006
Terrific capture, Jeff! #2487360Alan L. Borror March 02, 2006
Truly an awesome image, Jeff! #2487583Murry Grigsby March 02, 2006
Super catch Jeff! Great lighting!! #2487720Claudia Kuhn March 02, 2006
Awesome portrait and capture Jeff! Great detail! #2487770Wende Trew March 02, 2006
WowWow!!! This is an awesome capture Jeff!!! Love it!! #2487863Stan Kwasniowski March 02, 2006
Jeff, excellent capture #2487934Shelly A. Van Camp March 02, 2006
Great capture, colors and love the pose!! #2488297Emile Abbott March 02, 2006
Beautiful profile Jeff and the detail is crisp. #2488914Jeff Robinson March 02, 2006
Thank you all very much for commenting today! We have a few GBH living near our home and it has been really nice to get out and interact with them! Some of them do not mid the camera at all. Jeff #2489034Judyann Plante March 02, 2006
Amazing capture, Jeff! Great color and detail. #2489113Nobu Nagase March 02, 2006
Awesome capture!!!Deb Holmes-Hatfield March 02, 2006
Wonderful capture of this handsome bird Jeff, well done! #2489194Mike F. Anderson March 02, 2006
Great close-up Jeff. It's elegant in its simplicity! #2489220Daniel Diaz March 02, 2006
EXCELLENT capture and clarity Jeff!!! #2489339Kathleen Clemons March 02, 2006
Want to bring me one of these the next time you come home? I can't get anywhere near the ones up here. :) This is excellent, Jeff! #2489434Jeff Robinson March 02, 2006
Thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments! Kathleen: I will try to get one home for you to photograph the next time we come that way! Leena and I are very lucky to have a couple of these near our home here in Texas that are not so shy! Most GBH are not as cooperative as this guy! Jeff #2489495Dave Sanders March 02, 2006
Awesome color and detail Jeff. Great work #2489713Janine Russell March 02, 2006
Jeff, very nice detail, exposure and lighting. #2489849Stanley J. Contrades March 02, 2006
Incredible profile capture, Jeff! He looks really sleek and your exposure brings out every little detail clearly!! Beautifully done!!Candice C. Calhoun March 02, 2006
gorgeous portrait, incredible detail!ccc #2490194
Donna Roberts March 03, 2006
I love the detail and framing of this strong profile Jeff.Jeff Robinson March 03, 2006
Thanks so much for all of the wonderful comments!! Jeff #2490684Sylvia Rossler March 03, 2006
How beautiful !! Love those amazing details and colors in your shot !!!! Great work Jeff :O) #2492072Mary N C. Taitt March 03, 2006
Great capture, Jeff, very pretty, love the eye and other details, nicely done! Mary :-) #2492315Jeff Robinson March 03, 2006
Thank you Sylvia and Mary very much!! Jeff #2492549Cathy Barrows March 03, 2006
very nice..i love these guys #2493676Jeff Robinson March 04, 2006
Thanks Cathy!! The GBH really is a lot of fun to watch and photograph! Jeff #2494253Jill Odice March 04, 2006
Nice catch Jeff! Very impressive! #2497252Evy Johansen March 04, 2006
This is great, Jeff!! Beautiful clarity and colors! Wonderful composition! #2497393Jim Kinnunen March 04, 2006
Beautiful portrait of this elegant heron, Jeff!:) #2497461Jeff Robinson March 05, 2006
Thank you all very much!! Jeff #2498297Nadia Paul March 06, 2006
What wonderful lighting and detail... top shot Jeff! #2503471Jeff Robinson March 07, 2006
Thanks very much Nadia! Jeff #2505733Kate Jackson March 07, 2006
Incredible capture of the profile of this beautiful bird! #2508009Brad R. Stewart March 07, 2006
Nice crisp image, great shot! #2508011Jeff Robinson March 07, 2006
Kate & Brad: Thank you very much! Jeff #2508256Deborah Lewinson March 07, 2006
Stunning!!!Jeff Robinson March 08, 2006
Thanks very much Debby! Jeff #2512129Tracy Reehal March 11, 2006
Gorgeous capture and lighting, Jeff. I bet we see this one again! #2522504Jeff Robinson March 12, 2006
Thanks very much Tracy! I hope that you are correct! Jeff #2523069Marsha S. Smith March 12, 2006
Gorgeous! I love wildlife images and you have some truly wonderful ones. I live to try and get a shot of a heron or egret that is this good. #2523890Jeff Robinson March 12, 2006
Thanks very much Marsha! Jeff #2524296Dennis Flanagan March 14, 2006
Great close-up and focus jeff. #2530938Jeff Robinson March 14, 2006
Thanks Dennis! Jeff #2532122Life Expressions April 25, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist, Jeff!! #2685828Sylvia Rossler April 25, 2006
Big congrats on your well deserved finalist Jeff :o) #2685906Mike F. Anderson April 25, 2006
Jeff - Congratulations on your finalist! #2686413Kathy Shogren April 25, 2006
Congrats Jeff on this beauty! Good luck with this one. #2686748Deborah Lewinson April 25, 2006
Awesome portrait, Jeff! Congratulations on your finalist and best wishes for the next round!Nadia Paul April 25, 2006
Congrats on this wonderful finalist Jeff! #2688228Diane Dupuis April 25, 2006
Fantastic Capture! Congrats!! #2688689Jill Flynn April 25, 2006
A big congratulations on your finalist Jeff! #2689088Renee Doyle April 25, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Jeff!!! Best of luck in the next round!Jim Kinnunen April 25, 2006
Congratulations on this very fine finalist, Jeff!:) #2690452Kristi A. Howson April 25, 2006
Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist and Best of Luck in the next round Jeff! Wonderful framing and comp on this! #2690948Chris Macer April 25, 2006
Congrats on your finalist, Jeff! Best of luck! :) #2691084Jenny Bosmans April 26, 2006
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Jeff!! #2691931Emile Abbott April 26, 2006
Congratulation on another great composition and finalist, Jeff. #2693923Marsha S. Smith April 26, 2006
Congratulations, Jeff. This is just perfect! My dream shot! #2694597Sherry Stricklin Boles April 26, 2006
Congratulations, Jeff! I'm with Marsha...A DREAM shot! #2694722Judy S. Fung April 26, 2006
Congrats, Jeff! #2695290Su Sana E. P April 26, 2006
Congratulations on this stunning Finalist, Jeff!! #2695304Marie Fields April 26, 2006
AWESOME image, Jeff! Congratulations and good luck in the next round! #2695732Lorraine A. Cook April 26, 2006
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Jeff!!<:)) #2695998Linda D. Lester April 27, 2006
Beautiful....Congratulations! #2699531Debbie Hartley April 28, 2006
Awesome finalist Jeff! Congratulations! #2701217Jeff Robinson April 28, 2006
Thank you all very much for your great comments and support of this image! Jeff #2703119SaMi Martin May 02, 2006
Great capture; the detail is awesome! #2718124Jeff Robinson May 03, 2006
Thank you SaMi! Jeff #2721574Judy V. Kennamer May 26, 2006
Jeff - I live with Blue Herons everyday - they fish from my pier all day long -- but I have NEVER seen one this close up! What a great job you've done here - these are very cautious birds - and you've captured every detail! Good job! Judy #2818020Jeff Robinson May 30, 2006
Thank you Judy very much for your wonderful comment! This GBH was very unusal as he let me get quite close to him! Jeff #2832088Jack Nevitt July 01, 2006
Thanks for commenting on my butterfly. You have some really nice images as well.Jack
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Thanks Very much Jack! Jeff #2975986Akhilesh Sharma July 05, 2006
This is just perfect! #2987584Jeff Robinson July 05, 2006
Thank You very much! Jeff #2989876Gordon Barter January 01, 2008
WOW! Jeff I have hundreds of shots of the Great Blue but nothing comes close to this awsome capture! #5276607Jeff Robinson January 01, 2008
Thank You Very Much Gord! Jeff #5277879Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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