Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 142
We don't see too many BIRDS WITH LONG LEGS in my neck of the woods, or maybe they just all flew south for the winter, but I don't think that is the case.
I do know where you can find birds that seem to be walking on stilts though, Florida. The pics for this week's #SMaP were taken in the #Sunshine State, the place we fly to when the winter sets in.
This Great Blue Heron came within a few feet of us while we were having lunch. He realized we weren't having fish and decided to move on.
Being that our backyard was on a small lake, the birds that visited us that year were constantly coming and going. They seemed to have no fear and when we were outside they didn't hesitate to come over to get a look at the new renters.
This picture was taken as the sun was setting. The silhouette of the bird against the dark blue water showed every detail of this bird's body.
The balance of the Great Egret while walking on the branches of a Mangrove stand of trees was pretty impressive.
As far as legs go, this bird has it going on with its two-toned, backward-bending pins.
That was a fun post to put together. Good luck to all of you #feathered friends out there who like a set of long legs.
Thank you @nelinoeva, @melinda010100, and @barbara-orenya for another opportunity to share with other #bird watchers what we capture on camera.
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Each one special in it's own rights, very inquisitive to visit up close giving you great opportunity to hone in your skills and capture.
Lovely two tone feet beneath Snowy egret and the last one which has psychedelic shade of yellow.
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Thanks Joan, your comments are always greatly appreciated. The last photo was captured as the bird was flying away from me. When I viewed the pic later on I was disappointed that I didn't catch the entire bird, but that shot worked out for this week's contest.
I hope you're having a relaxing and peaceful weekend.
Suddenly hot here once again, massive electrical storm last night, each day a new dawn enjoying life as it is.
Sometimes we aim to capture, not quite what we anticipated, that is the excitement of bird watching photography that makes us try again and again.
Hiding under the AC during heat of the day, quiet at the moment and wishing you a good weekend as well.
You make me smile, so nice to see you had fun with this post.😀
These long legs were all so well presented.
Thank you again!
Anytime I can put a smile on someone's face that makes me smile as well.
Herons are very shy in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, where I had many rendezvous. So hard to make a proper photo but still, I manage to "steаl" a few :) Probably it was easier at lake Kerkini in Northern Greece.
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I know the feeling of birds not cooperating when you're about to take their picture. Thank goodness for digital cameras, take 20 shots and pray that just a few have caught what you were trying to focus on.
Indeed! The latest mirrorless top cameras from all brands have focused exactly on that feature - precise focus. There will be a lot more sharp wildlife photos from now on ;)
This is the first I've heard of mirrorless top cameras. I took a look at them, boy are they expensive. When reading up about them I didn't see a big difference between them and DSLRs. What is it that you like about them?
Apart from the insane prices, there's plenty to love about them - reduced weight, of both bodies and lenses, much better and intelligent autofocus and sometimes insane shutter speeds of up to 1/32000 s and even quicker. The silent shutter could also be of advantage at certain conditions...
Thanks for filling me in on some of the advantages. I'll seriously be looking at them shortly as we could use a new camera. The camera sounds like it would make for a good Christmas present. 😁
Another aspect I forgot to mention is that with the same sizes, faster lenses could be produced (by faster I mean here with bigger diaphragms - ergo, more light to the sensor)
These are quite of advantages. If I only knew before, maybe I would buy mirrorless or maybe in the future, when hive goes up, up, up. 😀
The photos you include in your posts are already top-notch, can you imagine what you would be able to produce with one of these bad boys? 😁
Aww, you are so sweet, thank you so much. 😄
But I have so much more to improve.
I think my next body will be a top-level mirrorless but not until I fully utilize my existing DSLR ones :)
Sensors deteriorate with time so I'll have to do it eventually. Changing the lenses, though... would be very expensive. HIVE won't be enough even if it goes up ten times, as it did last year :)
Thank you!
Nothing lasts forever, but it is too early for me for changing the camera and like you I will use to the max my DSRL too. I still have not exploit all features. Must admit I jumped into the deep with birdphotography without starting with small steps in the beginning and with something easy.
Your pictures though are inspiring. 🙂
It also sounds like these cameras capture more light @lightcapture. 😁
Enjoy the holidays.
True, true ;)
Thanks so much, buddy! Likewise! :)
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I have much appreciated this theme so far ! so many great birds with long legs we had the chance to admire this week....Your selection is awesome, bravo ! 👍
Good call on this week's theme. Thanks for the compliment and thanks for all of the efforts you put into our #featheredfriends community.
Have a splendid weekend!
Such birds we see mostly on the shore of the sea, we see them on the banks of the canals, they have long legs and they are also very beautiful.
The longest legged birds we have nearby are the plovers which wander around on our street some days. I'm still often surprised by them and sometimes they will have babies with them, so I'm hoping that's a sign we'll continue to see them for many years to come.
In other bird news my daughter and I are currently hand raising a pigeon which had inexperienced parents who let the quails drag it out of the nest and injure it. Luckily just superficial wounds, so we've just had to learn hand feeding rather than it being an extreme rescue. It's a real ugly/cute thing.
Never heard of the provers so I looked them up. They do have some long legs for smaller birds. I read that they are wading birds so that explains the long legs.
How cool is that? With the love and attention that I'm sure you are giving the young pigeon, you may have a friend for life.
You having not heard of them made me check myself how widely spread they are and now I realise some plovers are quite short legged. These are the ones we have here and I assumed all plovers had similar length legs:
This isn't my photo, by the way, just one I pulled up on a search.
I'd actually never seen them in real life before we came to Australia; just on nature shows. Now we see them wandering around in urban areas. 😆