Heron in Waiting

[Judder Man]

This is from some castle grounds near Ravenglass in Cumbria, there is an owl sanctuary nearby and the people throw some dead chicks out a certain time. The herons know this and fly up from the estuary about a mile away. This one Heron was ready and waiting to pounce onto a free lunch.


HeronTree by Judder Hopkins, on Flickr

[pelliott1954]

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Very sharp image with great colour too.

Good catch

Regards Paul

[rcarca]

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What a glorious shot.

Richard

[Hogharley]

Heron in Waiting

Fantastic sharp picture.

[Nathaniel]

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Very nice shot; well composed and very sharp. Well done.

[tesarver]

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Tom

[Birdy]

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Lovely sharp photo. Also a different setting for a heron picture, taken a while ago I guess by the green!

Andrew

[Stan]

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Looks good to me Judder

Stan

[Paulstw]

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excellent shot :)

[Stan]

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I looked at this at work and the greens looked too bright but the work monitor is rubbish. Now looking at home I think they are still too bright and a bit of desaturation would make it much better

Stan

[MicroWyred]

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Nice detail

Dave

[Chris_R]

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Great shot

[hhcanon]

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Well spotted and taken

[DeeGee]

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Really stands out against the green.

[Housey]

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I like this a lot. When I lived in S. Wales I often saw herons at ground level fairly close up (wasn't a photographer then) but only ever saw them in trees at a considerable distance. Nice to see one in this environment.