Stork On Final

If you want to do some "bird photography" and don't have a huge lens,

you need to find a huge bird.

Looks fine to me! I wish I had a bigger huge lens too.

a very good shot!

Tom, this is by far one of the most magnificent heron shots I've ever seen. I have never seen one in such an acrobatic pose. Excellent Job!

Great shot! Looks like one of those fighter jets with the forward-swept wings.

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Very good capture!!!!!

Very good work, congratulation.

Each animal has "comfort distance". It seems that large birds have much larger one than little birdies... While you sometimes can get to under 15' or even 10' to little ones, the big one will spot you at few 100' and skip. In addition, catching such an angle at the right moment is nearly impossible. Great job - congrats!

Great shot! Beautiful!

Superb capture. Finding a better composition while shooting a flying bird would be very hard indeed.

Very interesting position and the blue sky makes a perfect background.

It is a good photograph. Perhaps a little looser crop so that the feet and upper wing primaries were not touching the frame. A little less exposure in the highlights. Still a nice one! Regards.

This is a really, truly beautiful and inspirinig photo, the stuff bird photographers' "dreams are made of", I am not sure though if square format works here and it is a little too tight, especially on the left.

 

Still, I envy you here. I wish I could've been there in your place.

great!