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Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts) Tue Sep 3, 2013, 06:47 AM Sep 2013

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A surprise shot while waiting for a Great Blue Heron

You never know what shots you will go home with.
A Sandpiper

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A surprise shot while waiting for a Great Blue Heron (Original Post) Bonhomme Richard Sep 2013 OP

And the Heron Bonhomme Richard Sep 2013 #1

That's a very nice shot. trusty elf Sep 2013 #2

No. That was just an outcropping of rocks... Bonhomme Richard Sep 2013 #4

That is one fine image. All your stars aligned. alfredo Sep 2013 #3

Thanks. Lucky shot. n/t Bonhomme Richard Sep 2013 #5

Hard work makes luck possible. alfredo Sep 2013 #9

Yeah. I guess you create your own luck. Bonhomme Richard Sep 2013 #10

and a bird landing in front of you. alfredo Sep 2013 #11

Very nice shot! Richard D Sep 2013 #6

Excellent. Solly Mack Sep 2013 #7

Beautiful. Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #8

No flash. Natural light. Bonhomme Richard Sep 2013 #12

OHHH I LIKE IT! Considering where I am at the moment Mira Sep 2013 #13

LOL, it does kind of look like that. Bonhomme Richard Sep 2013 #14

that is what I love about bird photography Celebration Sep 2013 #15

Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts)

1. And the Heron

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 06:51 AM

Sep 2013

Last edited Tue Sep 3, 2013, 11:57 AM - Edit history (1)

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trusty elf

(7,398 posts)

2. That's a very nice shot.

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 06:53 AM

Sep 2013

Was it taken from inside a cave or grotto?

Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts)

4. No. That was just an outcropping of rocks...

Reply to trusty elf (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 11:23 AM

Sep 2013

that ran out from the shore of the lake. Very shaded area that was next to where I was sitting. I really wasn't watching that area, I turned and saw the sandpiper and took the shot then forgot about it. It wasn't until I got home that I realized what I had.
You just never know.

alfredo

(60,075 posts)

3. That is one fine image. All your stars aligned.

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 10:39 AM

Sep 2013

Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts)

5. Thanks. Lucky shot. n/t

Reply to alfredo (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 11:24 AM

Sep 2013

alfredo

(60,075 posts)

9. Hard work makes luck possible.

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 01:50 PM

Sep 2013

Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts)

10. Yeah. I guess you create your own luck.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 02:12 PM

Sep 2013

alfredo

(60,075 posts)

11. and a bird landing in front of you.

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Reply #10)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 02:13 PM

Sep 2013

Richard D

(8,760 posts)

6. Very nice shot!

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 11:40 AM

Sep 2013

Does look like it's at the mouth of a cave. Perfect.

Solly Mack

(90,779 posts)

7. Excellent.

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 12:39 PM

Sep 2013

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

8. Beautiful.

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 01:08 PM

Sep 2013

The lighting is amazing. Is that natural or did you use a flash?

Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts)

12. No flash. Natural light.

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 02:13 PM

Sep 2013

A strange, overcast, off and on rain kind of morning.

Mira

(22,380 posts)

13. OHHH I LIKE IT! Considering where I am at the moment

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 02:39 PM

Sep 2013

(FL - the Keys - I cringed at first thinking he is standing on an alligator.

Would not be a real surprise, here.

Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts)

14. LOL, it does kind of look like that.

Reply to Mira (Reply #13)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 03:01 PM

Sep 2013

Celebration

(15,812 posts)

15. that is what I love about bird photography

Reply to Bonhomme Richard (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 03:58 PM

Sep 2013

I go looking for one thing and come back with something else. SURPRISE!

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