Panning
Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
This is one of my older shots, but right now it is most appropriate for Wild, the theme of the current Life Photo cycle.
This great blue was captured launching itself out of the brackish pool on the property of UCONN’s Avery Point, headed for who knows where after getting a few fish and frogs from the pond. They are around the pond this time of the year. With my current situation Johann and Tammy accompany me to the school often and have taken to walking the pond area as well as running around the campus.
Watching Johann chase under the dragonflies and run with the swallows, like this heron he is free and just a little wild and it is beautiful. I am chaffing to be able to run with them and be just a little wild as well. Soon.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- SubPhylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Ciconiiformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Ardea
- Species
- Ardea herodias
Life Photo Meme
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This is an AMAZING photo, and I admit to being INSANELY jealous.
cool… you added it to the life photo meme!
What a stunning photo - you’ve captured the movement beautifully and the colours in the wings are amazing
Great job of panning. I like the motion portrayed by the colored dashes in the bottom of the photo. Were those leaves floating on water or flowers in a field?
Thanks all!
@Kathleen: The color streaks were indeed early autumn leaves on the surface of the pond.
Included in I and the Bird #83
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