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Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
madcrabber


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Square Crop (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II
Location: Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA
Date: Mar 3, 2006
Aperture: f9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 3, 2006

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This heron hangs out in the penguin pool at the Woodland Park Zoo, at least, each of the few times that I have been to this zoo. He just happened to yawn at the right moment for me this time.

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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/12/2006 11:53:19 PM
Beautiful detail and color.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/12/2006 08:57:54 PM
Excellent capture with such a soothing background! Bump.
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/12/2006 09:44:56 AM
Love the details you've captured here.. well done!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 03/07/2006 07:19:07 PM
Wonderful focus on the heron
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
 03/07/2006 06:20:38 PM
Wow, great capture.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/06/2006 02:39:07 AM
excellent sharpness...you must have a great lens! lovely colours and tones in this
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 03/06/2006 12:26:52 AM
Really nice clarity. I think I might adjust levels or curves just to enrich the colors a bit.
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