Great Blue Herons at Cockroach Bay Nature Preserve

[Steven R]

I stopped by a nature preserve this afternoon to see which birds were out today. Got some nice shots of the Great Blue Herons there.

E-3 and 50-200mm

[boBBrennan]

....I love the GBH, they just spew attitude.

Very nice images Steven.

[Greg Chappell]

Indeed. Very nice.

[James Emory]

Steve, your bird shots are always so beautiful and sharp as a tack. Do you manual focus? Wish I had your skills as well as some of the other guys on this forum.

[Scouse]

Pretty nice Steven. I hate the big buggers, they eat my fish but they are photogenic. We have a large "rookery" not far up the island. You've got me thinking about an expedition in there later in the spring...

[Steven R]

Thanks so much for looking and commenting Bob, Greg, James, and Ken.

Originally Posted by James Emory

Steve, your bird shots are always so beautiful and sharp as a tack. Do you manual focus? Wish I had your skills as well as some of the other guys on this forum.

Thank you James. No, I rarely manual focus for bird shots. And I'm not sure that I have any better "skills"; maybe just more experience and more lucky shots. In my opinion, the two main factors in bird shots are equipment and location. I really like the 50-200mm lens and my E-3. And location may be the biggest factor, as I live in Florida, which has large bird populations who are used to all the tourists taking photos. I'm sure that I can get closer to a lot of birds down here that I could never approach if I lived somewhere else.

Originally Posted by Scouse

Pretty nice Steven. I hate the big buggers, they eat my fish but they are photogenic. We have a large "rookery" not far up the island. You've got me thinking about an expedition in there later in the spring...

Hey Ken: well at least you don't have to worry about something like this getting your fish:

[HarjTT]

Steve.. some nice tack sharp pics.. Thats a pretty amazing looking bird.. not so the gator..

[Scouse]

Originally Posted by Steven R

Thanks so much for looking and commenting Bob, Greg, James, and Ken.



Thank you James. No, I rarely manual focus for bird shots. And I'm not sure that I have any better "skills"; maybe just more experience and more lucky shots. In my opinion, the two main factors in bird shots are equipment and location. I really like the 50-200mm lens and my E-3. And location may be the biggest factor, as I live in Florida, which has large bird populations who are used to all the tourists taking photos. I'm sure that I can get closer to a lot of birds down here that I could never approach if I lived somewhere else.




Hey Ken: well at least you don't have to worry about something like this getting your fish:

I'd worry more about the grandkids than the fish....

[tkurkowski]

Originally Posted by James Emory

Wish I had your skills as well as some of the other guys on this forum.

That's true - some of us other guys do wish we had Steven's focusing skill.

Outstanding photos, Steven!

[FredS]

Originally Posted by tkurkowski

That's true - some of us other guys do wish we had Steven's focusing skill.

Outstanding photos, Steven!

And also Stevens back yard

More Fantastic shots of GBH Steven