Great Blue Heron in Autumn Nbr 5

Great blue heron foraging on the shore in Autumn.
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Through Halloween, tomorrow October 31st, the Great Blue Herons are featured on the walls of the Natick Town Hall, located at 13 East Central Street in Natick, MA. Feel free to stop in during office hours Monday thru Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm; Thursday 8:00 am – 7:00 pm; Friday 8:00 am – 12:30 pm
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Thanks to Patti for her recent Lens Artists Weekly Photo Challenge 17: Just for Fun. This photo is not a ‘funny’ photo, but my idea of great fun is floating on the water, admiring the Herons through binocs.
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Thanks to Dawn for her Festival of Leaves: Week 6. This Heron calmly foraged along the shore, and ultimately caught a large Bass of the size that would make any fisherman envious.
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Thanks to Su for her (The) Changing Seasons Challenge. I hope a second submission to Su’s delightful Changing Seasons is allowed. There is somwething universal about the way Nature morphs from one into the next, and also in the way humans respond. People commiserate about frigid temps and too much snow, and whine about excessive heat, but almost universally we delight in the lovely bursting forth of spring and the glorious colors of autumn.
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Thanks to Cee for her recent For the Love of Challenges: Photo Challenges. Cee is a treasure, and she serves the community well with her compendium of challenges.
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Thanks to Erica V and WordPress for the recent WPC: Place in the World. My favorite place is where the Herons are, of course it is. And the Herons? Their place is near the water, but also on the gallery walls and my blog. How else can I share them with you?
Thanks also to Ben H and WordPress for their WPC Challenge: Liquid. The Herons are drawn to water, as am I.
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From May 1 through July 11, 2018, my Great Blue Heron photographs once again graced the walls of the lobby and theater in a free one-woman show at the Summer Street Gallery, of The Center for Arts in Natick. If you’re in the Boston or Metro West area, please stop by to see the current gallery show at TCAN. The gallery is open whenever the box office is open, so please check hours here.
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Through July 13, 2017 I was a Featured Artist at the Five Crows Gallery in Natick, MA. Drop in and see the work of the many wonderfully creative artists who show there when you’re in the area. Five Crows is on FaceBook. To give the gallery a visit, please click here.
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Remember: Walk softly and carry a long lens.™
The Tao of Feathers™
© 2018 Babsje. (https://babsjeheron.wordpress.com)
Great Blue Heron, Kayaking, TCAN, Five Crows
Posted on October 30, 2018, in ardea herodias, Art, Audubon, daily prompt, Festival of Leaves, Great Blue Heron, Nature Photography, Photography challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wildlife Photography and tagged # Lens-Artists, #MonthlyPhotoChallenge, #TheChangingSeasons, heron, postaday. Bookmark the permalink. 17 Comments.
I like your idea of fun! Great shot! Thanks for joining the challenge. 🙂
Hi Patti. So glad you like this idea of fun. Thanks for letting me join. Best, Babsje
Wonderful image!
Many thanks, Dawn, glad you like this Heron. Best, Babsje
What a lovely photo!
Hi Colline. Many thanks for your kind comment, so glad you like this photo. Best, Babsje
I really like the layers of foliage in this shot–really pretty transitions.
Thank you, Judy. That is one of my favorite patches of shoreline. The sort-of-tendrilled leaves in the foreground are Pickerel Weed. Through much of July and into early August they have lovely spiked purple blooms that ate set off so complimentary by the green heart-shaped leaves. Best, Babsje
It reminds me a but of an Impressionist painting. Love the colors!
Thanks so much! I like your comparison to an impressionist painting. Best, Babsje
Superb photo of the heron
Thank you very much. This is one of my favorite Herons. I’m pleased that you like this photo. Best, Babsje
Very clever interpretations Babsje, and a lovely, serene image.
Many thanks, Tina. I like the leqd quote on your own – “it’s more run when you’re not the only one having it.””Best, Babsje
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Many thanks for your lovely comment. Best, Babsje
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