Up Close and Personal

[Harryb]

Hi you'll,

Here's a Great Blue Heron shot with my D100 and Nikon 80-400VR lens

[Dee]

I saw your post on STF and I can't believe how close that guy was to that posing heron!

My gosh! I could get pictures with my f828!!! The birds up here are so skittish! I didn't know you had people friendly birds, trained by fisherman to get close to by tossing them unwanted fish parts!

Just like our gulls are trained around here and a person can get fairly close, 4 to 5 feet away!

And herons are bigger! Much easier to photograph!

[John Mueller]

Up close and personal huh,Looking @ the old bird I thought you was taking a self portrait :rofl

Very nice Harry VERY NICE!:thumb

[ehughes]

Harry, what's the trick??? Your camera bag loaded with fish??

Great shot !!! :thumb :thumb

[jwear]

Another great one and i have to post a pic after this one ,oh boy lucky me .welcome back Harry :1drink hope you had way to much fun you sure did get a keeper or 2 and black skimmer it was thanks:thumb Jeff

[Andy]

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[Harryb]

I saw your post on STF and I can't believe how close that guy was to that posing heron!

My gosh! I could get pictures with my f828!!! The birds up here are so skittish! I didn't know you had people friendly birds, trained by fisherman to get close to by tossing them unwanted fish parts!

Just like our gulls are trained around here and a person can get fairly close, 4 to 5 feet away!

And herons are bigger! Much easier to photograph!
Hey Dee,

You mean this pic. Its not as easy as it seems. The folks with prime lenses were complaining that the GBH was too close and they had to back away to get a shot. :rofl

[Harryb]

Up close and personal huh,Looking @ the old bird I thought you was taking a self portrait :rofl

Very nice Harry VERY NICE!:thumb
Couldn't be a self portrait, I don't look that good. Thanks John

[ian408]

Hi you'll,

Here's a Great Blue Heron shot with my D100 and Nikon 80-400VR lens
I like that you've got a great head shot but somehow, it's too big. I'm
gonna keep looking at it though.

Ian

[Harryb]

Harry, what's the trick??? Your camera bag loaded with fish??

Great shot !!! :thumb :thumb
Hey Ed,

Well there's super glue an dthen there's elcro. I prefer velcro myself. :rofl

Thanks Ed

[Dee]

Hey Dee,

You mean this pic. Its not as easy as it seems. The folks with prime lenses were complaining that the GBH was too close and they had to back away to get a shot. :rofl

Such a "problem" to have! LOL. It didn't look like that bird was going anywhere... plenty of time to switch lenses!!! Geesh (There's not a smilie appropirate for this!)

[fish]

Hi you'll,
Here's a Great Blue Heron shot with my D100 and Nikon 80-400VR lens
You can't fool me, Harry. That might as well just be an FE. FEs and herons are in the same order: Ciconiiformes (http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/gawildlife/birds/ciconiiformes/ciconiiformes.html). Vultures are in the same order, btw.


Nice shot, bud. Way better than any of the other heron shots I've seen in my recent research.

Also a very good example of pleasing bokeh. :thumb

[Harryb]

Another great one and i have to post a pic after this one ,oh boy lucky me .welcome back Harry :1drink hope you had way to much fun you sure did get a keeper or 2 and black skimmer it was thanks:thumb Jeff
Hey Jeff,

Thanks for the welcome back I still have a bunch of pics to process. I had a ball. Its great to hang out with other photographers for a few days.

[Harryb]

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/15651353-L.gif
:lol4

[ian408]

:lol4
You laugh :D Many of here do.

Ian

[Harryb]

I like that you've got a great head shot but somehow, it's too big. I'm
gonna keep looking at it though.

Ian
Interesting. I had a similar reaction when I first saw viewed it on my screen. Let me know what you think when you get done looking.

[Harryb]

Such a "problem" to have! LOL. It didn't look like that bird was going anywhere... plenty of time to switch lenses!!! Geesh (There's not a smilie appropirate for this!)
Its a serious problem! :tough That Heron was getting a fish an hour, of course he was in no hurry, I had to come up with the dang fish.

[Michiel de Brieder]

that eye :bow :bow
You keep pulling it off Harry!!!! Great shot, master :wink

[Harryb]

You can't fool me, Harry. That might as well just be an FE. FEs and herons are in the same order: Ciconiiformes (http://museum.nhm.uga.edu/gawildlife/birds/ciconiiformes/ciconiiformes.html). Vultures are in the same order, btw.


Nice shot, bud. Way better than any of the other heron shots I've seen in my recent research.

Also a very good example of pleasing bokeh. :thumb
Why thank you Fish. Don't you just love Ciconiiformes. A day without a Ciconiiformes is like a day without a Corona. :slosh

[LouBuonomo]

Nice Harry.. the GBHs around here are way to afraid

[Harryb]

that eye :bow :bow
You keep pulling it off Harry!!!! Great shot, master :wink
Thank you very much. I need to take a humble pill after your response. :D

[Michiel de Brieder]

Thank you very much. I need to take a humble pill after your response. :D LOL, you can always visit some threads at dpreview where you aren't as much appreciated :lol some people just have a very shallow FoM (field of Mind :rofl)
Glad to make yer day ol' man :wink Thanks for sharing the 'moments that' didn't 'make up a dull day'

[fish]

some people just have a very shallow FoM (field of Mind :rofl)
:lol3


I was thinking more along the lines of DoM (depth of mind), since you're talking about shallowness.


You go, harry!


Unfortunately, I was just too busy today to go out hunting portapotties, but maybe this weekend. Stay tuned! :haha

[Harryb]

Nice Harry.. the GBHs around here are way to afraid
Thanks Lou. I'm very fortunate to have modeling GBHs in my neck of the woods. :D

[Andy]

LOL, you can always visit some threads at dpreview where you aren't as much appreciated :lol some people just have a very shallow FoM (field of Mind :rofl)
Glad to make yer day ol' man :wink Thanks for sharing the 'moments that' didn't 'make up a dull day'

...just wakin' up, and getting outta bed. try not to excite him too much, michiel, not sure if the old man can take all this excitement, y'know?

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[Harryb]

LOL, you can always visit some threads at dpreview where you aren't as much appreciated :lol some people just have a very shallow FoM (field of Mind :rofl)
Glad to make yer day ol' man :wink Thanks for sharing the 'moments that' didn't 'make up a dull day'
Ah STF, my how time has changed that place. :cry I think I'll hang out here instead.

[Harryb]

...just wakin' up, and getting outta bed. try not to excite him too much, michiel, not sure if the old man can take all this excitement, y'know?

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Andy, Andy, Andy. Another age crack. :deadhorse You have made one age crack too many. I have reported you to the AARP. Walk carefully from now on. One day when you least expect it, while walking down the street there will be one of our agents waiting in the shadows to run you down with their souped up Rascal. :grim

[Andy]

seinfeld, episode 157, "the butter shave"



George is riding his Rascal scooter on a city sidewalk when he accidentally


bumps another scooter as its owner and some friends are walking out of a nearby


store.


Man: Hey, hey! You dented my ride.


George walks back to inspect the damage.


George: Whatcha got there, the 4 volt? Heh, I did you a favor.


Man: How about I do you a favor upside your head?


George: Oh yeah?


Man: Oh yeah.


George leaps back on his scooter and floors it.


Man: Hey!


Woman: Get the bikes.

City sidewalk, George is leading an extremely low speed chase. Action movie


music plays, and pedestrians walk by faster than the scooters. George's battery


dies and his scooter stops.


Man: Now I got you!


George jumps up from the scooter, picks it up and begins hauling it as fast as


he can. He meets up with Mr. Thomassoulo who's exiting a building at that


moment.


Mr. Thomassoulo: George? Your legs!


George: Are you a religious man, sir?


Mr. Thomassoulo: No.


Unbeknownst to George, the old man catches up to him and is about to lay into


him with a cane.


Man: Eat hickory!!