Great Blue Heron
By my count English Bay Vancouver is home to at least three Great Blue Herons with one of the two younger ones pictured on the left. These solitary birds are patient hunters who will remain perfectly still in ankle deep water waiting for their dinner of minnows or frogs to swim or hop close enough to grab.
I'm slowly working my way closer and closer to the one pictured here and while my distance limit to date is 5 meters or so I'm hopeful I can get close enough for a near full frame shot at a focal length of 50 to 80 mm. The ideal setting for nature shots. This young heron is naturally quite timid but I expect patience will pay off in the long run and I'll get the chance to snap that perfect photo. The bird comes first though and if it finds my presence too disturbing I'll stick to telephoto shots at 100 mm+.
The older of the three (a 4 foot, 130+ cm tall giant) seems to prefer the north edge of English Bay Beach and is often too far out in the water to approach. One day though the tide will be perfect, the sun just so and the heron's temperament tending towards trusting. And no, I havn't given them names .... yet. :)
I'm slowly working my way closer and closer to the one pictured here and while my distance limit to date is 5 meters or so I'm hopeful I can get close enough for a near full frame shot at a focal length of 50 to 80 mm. The ideal setting for nature shots. This young heron is naturally quite timid but I expect patience will pay off in the long run and I'll get the chance to snap that perfect photo. The bird comes first though and if it finds my presence too disturbing I'll stick to telephoto shots at 100 mm+.
The older of the three (a 4 foot, 130+ cm tall giant) seems to prefer the north edge of English Bay Beach and is often too far out in the water to approach. One day though the tide will be perfect, the sun just so and the heron's temperament tending towards trusting. And no, I havn't given them names .... yet. :)
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