Blue Heron on the Kern River by Richard Newland on Capture Kern County

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Blue Heron on the Kern River

Was a quiet bird day at Hart Park~I found this Blue Heron just watching the river flow by~

Richard Newland
commented 6 months ago

Thanks Mark~Most of the time I try and crop flight image to leave space in front of the subject, It works well with people shots also to leave space in front of the way they are faceing. Just have to shoot a little wide .
Mark Schmitt
commented 6 months ago

Well composed image. Cropping is well balanced, with nice open (negative) space in the left part of the frame; provieds point of interest for the birds direction of gaze; nice use of the "rule of thirds" to place the bird to the right hand side of image. Well done. ;-)
Richard Newland
commented 6 months ago

Thanks Jojo~They tend to fly away when aproached, I was lucky this one stayed put for quite a while, so I got some good poses from him.
jojo butingan
commented 6 months ago

I like how you framed this shot, Richard. Well balance and nice posture on the heron.
Richard Newland
commented 6 months ago

Thanks Michael~This has become a new fav. spot for me~I'ts where the Hart park lake over flow stream returns to the river. I can sit in one spot ,and usually see White Egrets~Snowy Egerets,and blue herons on thes rocks looking for fish~Also a hang out for ducks~The trees along side of the stream usually have, Yellow-Rumped warblers,Ruby-crownd Kinglets,and sparrows in them,I got one good shot of a Bushtit yesterday was right above me in the tree I was sitting under~I'll keep looking for the NutHatches Hope I can find them again !!
Michael R. Duncan
commented 6 months ago

Looking good, nice capture. No Nuthatches on this trip, keep trying, they are sneaky.