Looking for Denise by auntietk
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At the Ballard Locks on Saturday, Bill drew my attention to a few herons sitting in a tree. The longer we looked, the more herons we saw!
When I started looking at the images on the computer screen I saw even more herons. I'll give you a hint ... this shot contains more than ten!
A couple of those birds had cameras, and they were looking for Denise. One of them told me he's been trying to get a really good shot of her for months! He finally got a decent lens, and is hoping to catch her the next time she comes around.
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Full view pays.
I've left it large enough that you can rummage around in those tree branches and count birds.
Comments (33)
I see thirteen (maybe 14--one with a cloaking device) and well...I love 'em all. They look so...well...official. Funny how Herons are like that, they also remind me of an avian species in David Brin's Uplift Universe...intriguing, squawking aliens with high technology and a convoluted government. I love their various postures and the one nearest the top of the tree with the slightly ruffled head-crest feathers. I think I spotted the one with the new lens as well, and yeah, I'm sure he'll get a good capture of Denise, probably a weird sort of self-referential one where he captures her capturing him, capturing her as she captures him, as Proust would put it...only with a few more convolutions. As for the photograph itself, I love the light and the details, the way you've captured the different textures between heron feathers and tree foliage. The light is superb, and the shadow-play down low is really compelling...I feel like I'm led into the picture on the ground floor and have to scale the tree trunk to get to those guys on top, obviously enjoying the nicely green balcony. Wonderful work!
Excellent exposure! I hope nobody's care was parked under there;). Well done.
OMFG! I've never seen that much herons together in my entire life! American herons just have got to be that much more gregarious than European ones. They're ALWAYS solitary sightings over here.