Hi Fons - Good shot, well timed.
Or, did you have the poor bird pose for very long like that?

Fons,

A very well captured action shot. I also like the appearance of the water, have you done anything with it?

Kindest Regards: Peter

Great shot Fons. I like the ED 300 too....
Regards Hans

Thanks for the comment...

In fact I was a fraction to soon I would have loved seen the Heron touching the water.
He had no fish he missed, I missed a second shot also because my card was ful..(*!@#$%^&)

Anyway next time I will be better prepared...;-)))

Best reagards,

Thanks for the generous comment , made it TOP image of the moment.

Cheers,

and thanks for the comment.....much appreciated....!!

Best regards,

A great image , Fons.
Great movement feeling; And contrast between sharp bird and blurred water work fine together.
IMO head of bird is nit enough sharp..
But a 10 image....
Regards
Bruno

for the comment and generous rating...;-))


Best regards,

G'Day Fons:

Very nice capture, indeed, and as someone else already mentioned, the combination of freezing the bird's movement and the motion of the water below makes for a most interesting image.

I like this image a lot but it looks to me as though the heron is about to take to its wings, not strike at food below. Leaning as far forward as the heron is, I don't see how it could ever maintain its balance and resume a standing posture.

-Sky

Thanks Leon for the comment ...

Bird it ready to strike , just a natural pose at the moment he wanted to dive in to the water ...
The movement of the water is made by me by adding a little movement blur to the water ...

Regards,

G'Day Again!

Well, that's a first; I have spent hours (during my lifetime) watching Great Blue Herons - wading, flying, stalking, et cetera, but I have never seen one leap off a bank into the water after prey in the manner that you captured this bird. That really is a first for me - and an amazing capture. BTW: I took the time to look into all your other photo-files of GBH you've posted on this website (and there are quite a few!) and they're all mighty fine. Same goes for all the other photographs you've posted. You've got a very good eye (and equipment!). Do you have a personal website where you post your photographs? Just curious.

I'm really new to digital photography (and computers and the internet, etc) so needless to say, I don't have my own web page - not yet anyway (but I'm working on it!).

Ciao!

Definitely a good striking moment. I also like the swirls in the water. Good take Fons

Thank you very much also ...;-)))

Cheers,