BAD HAIR DAY

[Marina Scarr]

Thought I would post something that might bring a smile to everyone's face. These young Tricolored Herons are absolutely hysterical to watch when they are young. They are very active and playful and quite tame compared to some of the other young birds. This one was photographed at Gatorland.

Canon 40D, Canono 70-200 & 1.4 TC
F5.6, 1/500sec, ISO 400, manual mode
Fill flash @ probably -1.6
Handheld

C & C always welcomed and much appreciated.

Marina Scarr
Florida Master Naturalist
www.marinascarrphotography.com

[Mike Delgado]

Funny! :)

[Randy Stout]

Marina:

This is very funny indeed. Don't think I have seen an image of these guys before. Reminds me somewhat of a rock hopper penguin. Great eye contact. Nice light. Any fill used?

Thanks for the chuckle!

Randy

[allanrube]

And very well done too. Perfect processing. The only nit is the "stuff" behind its head.

[Marina Scarr]

Any fill used?

Thanks for catching that Randy. I just added it to my settings.

[Ivan Ellison]

Nice image to show, young herons really are comical with the downy heads. Nice use of fill flash- it may prompt me to buy a flash with all the dull days we get in the UK.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice indeed, super details. The green foliage keeps pulling my eyes from the bird, is it perhaps just a little oversaturated??

[Jeannean Ryman]

Love it! I have many hair days just like that.

[arash_hazeghi]

I like that stair and the spiky "hair" !!! gives him some character

[John Cooper]

Funny - the bad-hair-day look is quite comical. Thanks for posting.

[dankearl]

Cool shot, Marina, that is a nice hairdo!

[Robert Holguin]

Terrific shot.
Love the raised head feathers, excellent head angle, and excellent details.
Well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Absolutely superb image with funny hair style.I like the eyes and expression.

Regards,
Satish.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Stunning hairdo, what a character. Very cool shot Marina.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Hahahahahhaha, very nice! When was this taken?

[Daniel Cadieux]

Ha ha that's awesome!! This fella has loads of character, and you've portrayed it beautifully Great techs, sharpness, colours. I just wish the small "tuft" of vegetation directly above the head was not there (but I love the leaves along the left edge). Made me smile big time...thanks!!

[David Salem]

What a crack-up. Besides being funny the techs look great. Well done. TFS.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

well done Marina in a nice clean setting. Great fill work as well.

[Karl Egressy]

Funny pose captured, Marina. It made me smile for sure.

[Doug Brown]

Love that hairdo Marina!

[Marina Scarr]

When was this taken?

This was taken in the summer of 2010.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very funny indeed! thanks for sharing Marina!

[Lorant Voros]

Brings the smile to my face for sure. Thanks for sharing this funny one, Marina.

[Oscar Baez Soria]

Funny looking bird and I feel somewhat identified! LOL!

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Marina!