The pose by Helen Betts

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21-NOV-2018	Tim Betts

The pose

Or maybe he wasn’t posing, just walking.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

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After Tim spotted a great blue heron in an artificial lake on the National Mall the other day, we went down there on Wednesday armed with cameras to try to find him again. Not only did we find the heron, but also several cormorants and countless geese and ducks. It was pretty amazing to see the heron and cormorants on the mall as there aren’t any large fish in the water, but they seemed to make do with hunting tiny prey.

Santa Fe Depot, San Diego, California (1887), posted earlier:

Nikon D850 ,Nikkor AF-S 300/4E PF ED VR
1/400s f/5.6 at 420.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		22-Dec-2018 07:22
A wonderful image....brava Helen! VVV Paolo

MarcViskens		19-Dec-2018 19:07
very beautiful shot Helen

Apostolos Tikopoulos		14-Dec-2018 21:11
A really wonderful portrait of this heron. V.

Julie Oldfield		14-Dec-2018 02:26
Really beautiful. The background is excellent. V

Chris Morton		13-Dec-2018 21:17
looks serious though

Pierre		13-Dec-2018 20:49
Une très jolie pose dans un magnifique décor et un superbe arrière-plan! V

Nick Paoni		13-Dec-2018 19:45
What a fine portrait. Love the pose you froze.

Dave Berry		13-Dec-2018 19:14
Beautiful job of isolating this heron, with other birds blurred in the background. V

John Hamers		13-Dec-2018 18:37
Beautiful light on that heron, nicely captured. !V

Blandine Mangin		13-Dec-2018 16:01
beautiful capture ! v

janescottcumming		13-Dec-2018 15:34
I like this pose! Very pretty. V

carabias		13-Dec-2018 13:35
Excellent lens handling! Very beautiful capture. V

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		13-Dec-2018 08:41
A beautiful sharp capture of this heron, Tim. V

joseantonio		13-Dec-2018 05:09
nicely captured and focused.V.

Nirvan Hope		13-Dec-2018 04:04
Doing the strut. A perfect pose, an excellent capture.

Tom Munson		13-Dec-2018 03:26
Terrific capture, like the raised foot and sharp focus.

Hank Vander Velde		13-Dec-2018 02:56
Nice sharp close-up shot and good eye contact Helen.

Gill Kopy		13-Dec-2018 01:49
Love the light here - great shot Tim V

Range View		13-Dec-2018 01:19
That's a fine shot of this heron Tim. David.

Jim Coffman		13-Dec-2018 01:07
A very sharp capture of this heron, Helen...

globalgadabout		13-Dec-2018 01:03
it looks so distinguished...love the rim lighting..

Dan Greenberg		13-Dec-2018 00:52
Well he looks perfectly posed in either case. This is a wonderful image, Helen. I love seeing him with the out of focus water and fellow birds in the background. ~BV~