Here’s another one from the Venice Rookery in Florida. In addition to great egrets, blue herons, black-crowned night herons and ibis, it’s also a great place to photograph anhingas in flight. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (with 1.4 teleconverter for 500mm) ISO 1600, f/10 at 1/800th of a second.
Wow, that is a striking appearing bird & your capture is spot on, Sean! In fact, it is a new species for me. Chalk it up to yet another reason to head for Florida’s Venice Rookery with camera, long lens & tripod. “Un bel di”, to borrow a line from Madame Butterfly!
Nice to see this bird in flight. Usually I only see them in the water or on shore drying their wings. They are also nicknamed water snakes because frequently just their skinny sinuous necks stick out of the water and give a snake-like appearance. Was it you who told me they are related to the northern cormorant but have straight beaks while the cormorant has a curved beak?
——- On video I saw a snake
——- Foiling thru the trees
——- Sean showed me a heron
——- Flying unexpectedly but I’m
——- Gob smacked by the snake bird
——- Taking wing in his finery
——- Some cormorants give it up
——- Settle for life at sea.
Wow! I’m working on tackling birds in flight right now and swallows are not a good subject to start with as they are so fast. I find herons and waterfowl a bit easier to practice with as they aren’t quite as fast. Anhingas having an amazing color palette.
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Wow, that is a striking appearing bird & your capture is spot on, Sean! In fact, it is a new species for me. Chalk it up to yet another reason to head for Florida’s Venice Rookery with camera, long lens & tripod. “Un bel di”, to borrow a line from Madame Butterfly!
Gorgeous!!!!
Nice to see this bird in flight. Usually I only see them in the water or on shore drying their wings. They are also nicknamed water snakes because frequently just their skinny sinuous necks stick out of the water and give a snake-like appearance. Was it you who told me they are related to the northern cormorant but have straight beaks while the cormorant has a curved beak?
Love that background.
——- On video I saw a snake
——- Foiling thru the trees
——- Sean showed me a heron
——- Flying unexpectedly but I’m
——- Gob smacked by the snake bird
——- Taking wing in his finery
——- Some cormorants give it up
——- Settle for life at sea.
Wow! I’m working on tackling birds in flight right now and swallows are not a good subject to start with as they are so fast. I find herons and waterfowl a bit easier to practice with as they aren’t quite as fast. Anhingas having an amazing color palette.