Tag: Great Blue Heron Silhouette

Great Blue Heron Silhouette in Flight
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SIlhouettes at Sunrise

Yep, I was back at it again. I made it back to Viera Wetlands for sunrise which turned out to have some beautiful clouds today. Of course the first thing I did was to head to the area where the Great Blue Herons are nest building so that I could […]

Pelican Sunrise Silhouette
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Sunrise Silhouettes

One of my favorite type of images, silhouettes. The Brown Pelican photo is one that I have really been looking for as it is so representative of Florida. The Great Blue Heron photo is one that I have captured at Viera Wetlands a few times. [facebook]

Great Egret Mirror Image
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Viera Wetlands Birds

Florida’s wading birds are usually pretty approachable and fairly easy to photograph. That’s why I like to look for different ways to capture them. Two of my favorite ways are capturing their reflection in the water or as silhouettes. The key to the first method is getting the right angle. […]

Sandhill Crane Courtship Dance
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Birds of Viera

A few more of my favorite from Viera Wetlands. TOnight I have a shot of a Sandhill Crane that was in the middle of what I can only assume must have been some kind of courtship dance. There was a lot of hopping around and different poses. The other shot […]

Osprey in Flight
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Birds in flight

On my last visit to the Circle B Bar Reserve I got the chance to practice some flight photography. I stationed myself on the dock on Lake Hancock around sunrise. I started by trying to capture silhouettes of the birds as they flew past the rising sun and its reflection […]