Green Herons

Green Herons · 12:52 PM

Here are some shots of green herons from the C&O (Chesapeake and Ohio) Canal in Cumberland MD. All shots handheld with K10D and Tamron 75-300 except for one with Kimunor 500mm T-mount (also handheld, which really sux btw).

Green Heron sharing face-time with some Painted Turtles.

Green Heron, shot with Kimunor 500mm, handheld.

Walked right by this little one the first time. If it hadn't moved on the way back I'd have missed it completely.

Randy

r scott webb · 07-16-2009, 02:56 PM

After I posted these shots something in the first one caught my eye. I took these photos yesterday but didn't notice until today. Did anyone happen to spot the monster snapping turtle hidden in the green slime? Hint: Mr. Butorides virescens (or Green Heron) bill is pointing almost directly at it's head! I didn't even see the dumb thing when I did my processing...talk about missing the forest for the trees.

DOH!
Randy

vmax84 · 07-16-2009, 03:12 PM

Your shots make me want to go flush my stuff down the camode. :-)

Very nice!!!

vmax84

imtheguy · 07-17-2009, 06:59 AM

Nice combo of greenies, turtles, slime, rotten wood, kind of looks like a setting that Rambo has to crawl through to save the world. And yes, a fine looking snapper! Glad I'm not Rambo.

r scott webb · 07-17-2009, 12:13 PM

vmax, after looking at the FedEx jet I suspect you may be exaggerating a bit about flushing your stuff

Lee, funny you should mention Rambo...that's exactly what I thought the first time I walked that canal. After seeing that snapping turtle I wouldn't stick my big toe in that water! Although snapper soup would be pretty tasty!

Thank you both for looking and for taking the time to reply.

Randy

gawan · 07-17-2009, 02:09 PM

Very interesting shot! I only saw (in additions to the heron) those little turtles, the big one is a mystery!

r scott webb · 07-17-2009, 03:33 PM

If you follow the heron's line of sight to the left, the first vertical twig intersects the snapper just about where it's neck meets it's shell. It is completely covered in the green slime and looks like a disc and a knobby limb sticking out of the water.

Randy

**Sailor** · 07-17-2009, 03:36 PM

Nice shots, Randy. I really like the third one.

Jer

**dcmsox2004** · 07-17-2009, 03:48 PM

really like the last shot the most... the streak of light illuminating the heron's eye, super!

aka · 09-28-2009, 06:45 PM

Found this thread looking for info on your Kimunor but here's a pic from my first day out with new (to me) k10d and quataray 70-300.

The sun was below the trees so it's nearly wide open. Monopod mounted at 300mm.

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07-16-2009, 02:56 PM	#2
r scott webb New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cumberland, MD Photos: Gallery Posts: 24 Original Poster	A real DOH! moment! After I posted these shots something in the first one caught my eye. I took these photos yesterday but didn't notice until today. Did anyone happen to spot the monster snapping turtle hidden in the green slime? Hint: Mr. Butorides virescens (or Green Heron) bill is pointing almost directly at it's head! I didn't even see the dumb thing when I did my processing...talk about missing the forest for the trees. DOH! Randy

07-17-2009, 12:13 PM	#5
r scott webb New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cumberland, MD Photos: Gallery Posts: 24 Original Poster	Thanks for looking... vmax, after looking at the FedEx jet I suspect you may be exaggerating a bit about flushing your stuff Lee, funny you should mention Rambo...that's exactly what I thought the first time I walked that canal. After seeing that snapping turtle I wouldn't stick my big toe in that water! Although snapper soup would be pretty tasty! Thank you both for looking and for taking the time to reply. Randy

07-17-2009, 03:33 PM	#7
r scott webb New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cumberland, MD Photos: Gallery Posts: 24 Original Poster	Follow the heron If you follow the heron's line of sight to the left, the first vertical twig intersects the snapper just about where it's neck meets it's shell. It is completely covered in the green slime and looks like a disc and a knobby limb sticking out of the water. Randy

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