Great Blue Herons

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Description

One thing about becoming a birder and bird photographer, you learn to spot subtle movement or anomalies in the landscape. I first spotted the one on the right as a distant blob in the tree that seemed out of place. The one on the left was pretty obvious, though. They were on adjacent fir trees and eventually took off together.

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Technical Details

Canon R5; 100-500 with 1.4 TC at 700 mm; 1/400 at f10; ISO 160

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Blue herons are fascinating birds and unlikely perchers. Having two of them in the same sight is a big chance. My only hint would be to open up the view on the left side of the second picture, but that is a small issue. Nice spotting.

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HI Allen, nice pairings of images that work well together. Cool that you have them facing each other. I like the trees also as another point of interest. Nice sharpness and exposure.

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I really like the way you came up with to present this, Allen. Excellent concept and it really works well.

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Excellent presentation of 2 great herons ! I love the bird’s positions and the trees and geeneray.
The Blue BG is really cool but - from here - it seems to compete with the blue in the herons. Also, from here, the BG on the left is a slightly-different shade than the BG on the right, which matches the frame.
Maybe a slightly lighter blue would also work?
Very appealing as is, though - fine concept and presentation.

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