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Juvenile Great Blue Heron, deserting me
Greetings, birdfiends...I'm pleased to offer up for "C&C" this great blue heron, a cozy juvenile who took up residency at my nearby duckpond last summer. He (she?) would remove 10 or 12 goldfish and even catfish over the course of a couple of hours, a sight to behold. The bird created quite a stir among the park people and would sometimes draw not unsubstantial crowds who would respond to his (her?) repeated catches with ACTUAL APPLAUSE! Birds do not amaze me; people certainly do. Taken with the Canon 7D and 200mm f2.8 lens, iso400, 1/1250, f2.8. I cropped about 15% of the image (an unpleasant brown strip at the top) but other than that, it's as-shot. Will some of you say "YOUR HEAD ANGLE IS WRONG" (one of my favorite phrases on the forum) or perhaps "THIS HERON OBVIOUSLY HATES YOU OTHERWISE WHY IS HE FLYING AWAY". I don't know! That's why I'm posting it for you now. But enough bird-delirium...really and truly, I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions RE this image...
Many thanks!
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