Merry Christmas All

[Stu Bowie]

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, and enjoy the Happy Holidays. Whilst most of you will have a white Christmas being winter, we have bright sunshine at an average of 30 deg C. Im not sure which is better. :)

Here is a Black headed Heron in full flight taken early morning.

Canon 50D
100-400 @ 260mm
1/3200
F/5.6
ISO 400

Exp Comp +0.33
Hand held

[John Wright]

Thanks, Stuart - same to you and yours as well! Oh - lovely image too! :p

[Mital Patel]

Wish you and your loved ones Merry Christmas Stuart. Happy Holiday and Happy New year..

[Myer Bornstein]

Stuart We are having snow falling right now and will have a White Christmas. Happy holidays to you and yours

[Randy Stout]

Stuart:

A very striking heron, love his color scheme. Excellent exposure in a difficult bird to do so with.

Like the pose, subtle gradient in BG.

He needs to work on his aim a bit while downloading however. Seems to have got his own foot.:p

Happiest of holidays to you.

Cheers

Randy

[Bill Dix]

A lovely heron, Stuart. Wishing you a Merry Christmas, and peaceful and healthy New Year filled with good light and cooperative birds.

[annmpacheco]

Wow, I'd prefer this bird and many others rather than the reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh. Great shot and Merry Christmas to you. Ann

[denise ippolito]

Really nice Stuart, Happy Holidays to you and your family. Great pose and sharpness. :)

[Paul Lagasi]

Happy Holidays to You and Family ... sweet image

[Morkel Erasmus]

nice pose and exposure Stu - best wishes to you too...are you in Pretoria over the weekend? was thinking of having a go at LC/Austin Roberts or even Rietvlei on Sunday or Monday...

[Pieter de Waal]

Thank you Stuart and best wishes to you and your family.

Typical BIF posture of the Heron with excellent light and detail on the spread wing and great eye contact. I've been trying to get one of these for some time now, will keep trying.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you all for the wishes, and feedback on the Heron. Always appreciated.

[Rich Steel]

Hi Stu

Must be strange having Christmas in the summer. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and successful 2011. Great lighting on the heron photo as well :)

Cheers

Rich

[Nate Chappell]

Sweet flight shot Stuart, I like the gradation of the sky and the detail in the bird. Merry Christmas!

[Arthur Morris]

A celebratory image for sure! Enjoy the holidays and have a great 2011.

[Stu Bowie]

Rich, Nate, Artie, thanks a stack guys.