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I saw this crane of some sort when i was out taking a few random pics at the the local nature reserve near home. They turned out alright for being shot at 1600 iso.

then he left...

comments very welcom.

I'll be very honest from a non bird watcher/photographer prospective.

pic #1, is a nice shot with the bird's reflection on the water very appealling, but the foreground is a distraction. It takes away the continuality of the bird.

pic#2, would be a great shot if the wings were spread out during flight.

Nice location though

Looks like a White-faced Heron. I'll be kind and refrain from commenting

hey nito, they were the same thought that i had, its the best i could do though. Are they really that bad kipper?

NJ, they are really not that bad.

I didnt want to sound harsh. Just some friendly suggestions for next time. Apologies if it did.

nah its all good, i didnt take it as being harsh. i realised the foreground was too busy, but it was the best i could get so hey! and the 70-300mm isnt exactly a fast focuser so i didnt have much oppotunity for the in flight shot.

looks like a gbh (great blue heron) to me...

shots aren't too bad....

cheers

xerubus wrote:looks like a gbh (great blue heron) to me...

shots aren't too bad....

cheers

Well the last I looked we weren't in America
We have no species called a GBH here, well according to my limited knowledge and the books that I have.

I'm about 99.99% this is a white faced heron, and I'd most likely say it's a juvenille aswell as it has a rusty patch on it's breast.


NJ
Shot #1 - way to distracting with all the grasses/reeds in front of the subject. Probably would also be fairly distracting to have them behind the bird aswell but I could of lived with it if the bird was clear from any obstruction.

Shot #2 - no eye contact with the bird and it's flying directly away.