You know how it is when you get a chance to watch someone who is really good at their craft and obviously enjoys it? I had that chance last week, but it wasn’t a human.
It was a little old Green Heron…. This guy was good, I’m mean almost perfect. (I call him a guy because male and female are very difficult to tell apart. And because it’s my blog!) I’m going to show you a series of images so you can see how impressive this little heron was. I’ve seen enough herons that I’m not easily impressed by them, but this guy caught my attention! Click on the images to enlarge…
Nothing special, just a bird on a stick…..
Like a professional athlete, getting ready for his first dive…
Coming up for air….
And voila, the first winner of the day! Breakfast is served!
So what do you do for an encore? You just do it again!!!
Of course, he had to let the rest of the swamp know that was the baddest bird on the water!!!!
The next set of images is a sequence of one attempt at some more breakfast. This is where he shows off!
Look how far off the branch he is reaching out!
Digging deep!
I was just so impressed that he could reach out there that far and down so deep, and catch the fish at the same time! Even better was that he was able to return upright just by using his legs!!! Try that at home and see if you can do it! This guy only missed one time in the hour that I watched him!
To the victor go the spoils……
And I added the last pic below because I just love the way the early morning light just warms up the heron and makes the colors just glow!
Without that light, it’s just an ordinary image.
Remember, it’s all about the light……
Hope you enjoyed it. Now, get out and shoot!!!!