weinmaster_m 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Excellent shot. The capture is originaly and extremly sharp. Very good as always your pictures. Link to comment
pnital 36 Posted August 18, 2004 Nature in the middle of the Food Chain..... well captured! Pnina Link to comment
touchinglightphotography 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Spectacular capture. Amazing color and sharpness. Great composition as well. I am truly impressed! Congratulations. Link to comment
colorofthewind 0 Posted August 19, 2004 Thanks so much for posting this great photo! You were there at the right time. 7/7 Link to comment
mbb 0 Posted August 20, 2004 First thanks you all for so many nice visits and comments. Patanjali: dragonfly was alive a few seconds earlier before this green heron snatched it in the flight - I honestly can not tell if was alive when photo was taken - probably not. But it got nice dip in the water before heron gulp it down :). Grace thanks. Yes I was there all the time crawling in the mud :). It took me an hour before me and heron became friends and were keeping a distance of 6-8 feet between us without scaring each other. In fact when we established our friendship heron came as close as 4 feet one time because some small fish were swimming near me. I had to back off a little as my lens has minimum focusing distance 6 feet :). In the same time I started to have uncontrollable urge to smoke a cigarette (yes I know this is bad for me and I should stop doing it) and risking loosing friendship I lighted one. My new friend was quite nice - the smoke did not bother it. After a few hours in the mud my body started to get stiff and I had to back off. I only wish I will meet my new friend in the future and continue our relationship. And take more full frame portraits in better light. Best regards, Mark Link to comment
mbb 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Adam, Bartek, Jan, Pawel i Piotr dzieki wielkie za wizyty. Adam: artysta to nie wiem ale zwariowany przyrodnik-fotograf to moze :). Bartek: golenie nas wszedzie sciga :). Goraco pozdrawiam. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted September 4, 2004 Mark, congratulations! I look forward to seeing this on the cover of a photography mag. in the near future. Or a spread in National Geographic with your other work...even better! Link to comment
mattvardy 0 Posted October 22, 2004 Wow, glad I visited! This is just an outstanding heron image, in fact, easily one of the best I've ever seen. So full of detail, colour, and action that its almost hard to take it all in! Really, really good. 7/7. Looks like I could learn a lot from you... brilliant stuff, I look forward to browsing your portfolio at leisure. Kind regards, Link to comment
rahul_bakare 0 Posted November 18, 2004 Nice work and also thanks for giving us the elaborated description of this encounter. Very educative for Nature/Bird photographers. Link to comment
djarvik 0 Posted December 8, 2004 Fantastic capture! WOW What a catch!!! I'm speachless! Link to comment
stephan dietrich 0 Posted February 9, 2005 Mark: Excellent work and patience! Being there at the right time and place ... waiting patiently in the mud, enjoying a smoke (bad habit), establishing a relationship, gaining confidence that you are not a predator with the bird, getting that "photo opportunity" - a little luck, etc., etc., ... all make a "days work in the field worthwhile" ... especially to get the results you achieved. Again, excellent work - very impressive! Perfect 7s! Link to comment
mfophotos 0 Posted April 14, 2005 Wow. Great shot. As a person who studies dragonflies, though, yikes! It's eating a Tramea carolina -- which are pretty hard for humans to catch with insect nets! Link to comment
ivimr 0 Posted April 20, 2005 this one is a winner, amazing how you got this shot, great pic Link to comment
emotive 0 Posted May 12, 2005 Great shot! Did you sell it? You shot this with a f4.5 lens?! Wow. I notice that someone actually rated this a 1/1. Tells us something about the rating system here doesn't it... Link to comment
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