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Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
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Challenge: Free Study 2008-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Long Lake, Longville, Mn
Date: Jun 30, 2008
Aperture: f 5.0
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Nature, Birds
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2008

Got a little too close to this guy when he was wading. He took off and thank goodness the auto focus didn't fail me. Focal length maxed out at 300mm.

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Place: 221 out of 473
Avg (all users): 5.7667
Avg (commenters): 6.4000
Avg (participants): 5.7455
Avg (non-participants): 5.8250
Views since voting: 858
Views during voting: 229
Votes: 150
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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04/14/2009 11:52:34 PM
You captured it well. Nice details in the feathers.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2008 05:57:46 PM
These guys aren't easy to capture... good work.
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07/05/2008 08:08:19 PM
excellent capture, wish the right branch was not there & a little stronger bokeh in the background. 7
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07/05/2008 11:44:07 AM
nice job at catching this midair
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07/03/2008 11:42:29 PM
Nice catch!
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07/02/2008 11:16:36 AM
good, but a little central for me
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07/02/2008 10:43:32 AM
Wonderful that you caputred this bird in flight so perfectly with the colours of the green behind it really stands out.
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07/02/2008 09:50:14 AM
These look like dinosaurs when they take off. Great capture.
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07/01/2008 09:24:30 PM
nice capture
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07/01/2008 02:24:04 PM
Very nice shot, these are hard to capture in flight, well done.
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07/01/2008 10:38:09 AM
Nicely done but needs work on the Levels.
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07/01/2008 01:04:46 AM
nice shot
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