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Challenge: March Free Study (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Stanley park
Date: Mar 31, 2004
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2004

 68 plus herons are nesting by my house at the moment, the male goes to get the branches and then returns them to the females to build their nest, there are 30-40 nests being built in about 10 trees, it is amazing to watch these pre-historic birds, which I did for about 2-3 hours for a couple days while shooting 600-700 shots.
268mm focal length

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 310
Avg (all users): 6.1579
Avg (commenters): 8.3333
Avg (participants): 6.0448
Avg (non-participants): 6.4286
Views since voting: 1254
Votes: 190
Comments: 13
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 04/08/2004 07:18:58 AM
I can't believe this didn't place higher!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/07/2004 08:25:53 PM
Great capture. He/she seems so proud. 7
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 04/07/2004 02:51:08 PM
Excellent heron shot.
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 04/04/2004 10:27:38 AM
Beautiful, almost surreally. Fantastic capture.
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 04/04/2004 09:47:50 AM
Nice capture!
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 04/04/2004 09:22:03 AM
The heron always has such a determined look in its eye, it's hard to imagine it doing something as domestic as nest-building, but that is what birds do. and you have caught this one very well indeed. The trailing legs and the gimlet eyes are characteristic.
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 04/02/2004 07:09:28 PM
nice he is building a huge nest!
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 04/02/2004 12:10:27 AM
Very well captured construction guy,and excellent composition 10 from me!
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 04/01/2004 02:08:53 PM
Great capture
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 04/01/2004 07:20:51 AM
Nice, really different bird shot, excellent capture.
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 04/01/2004 02:23:03 AM
Outstanding this is a winner.. good luck. 10
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 04/01/2004 02:00:52 AM
This is a superb piece of photography. I congratulate you on not only being in the right place at the right time, but for having the photographic skills to capture this image. Well done. 9
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 04/01/2004 12:18:26 AM
Really excellent shot. I live in Victoria where there is a huge rookery and I haven't been able to capture anything even remotely like this. Good luck!
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