Great Blue Heron With Lunch
by DB Hayes
Title
Great Blue Heron With Lunch
Artist
DB Hayes
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digitally Enhanced Photograph,
Description
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WE are honored to write the following art groups have featured our "Great Blue Heron With Lunch":
1 = Showcasing The South: 7/13/2018
2 = Created by Southern Artists: 7/13/2018
3 = Animal Photographs: 7/14/2018
4 = USA Photographers ONLY: 7/14/2018
5 = Wildlife ONE A DAY: 7/15/2018
6 = A Birding Group - Wings: 7/16/2018
7 = Images That Excite You: 7/17/2018
8 = Poetic Poultry: 7/18/2018
9 = Digital Art and Photography For A Simple Imagination: 7/18/2018
10 = Wildlife ONE A DAY: 8/05/2018
11 = KINGDOM Animalia: 8/07/2018
On November 22, 2017 Deb and I visited the Reed Bingham State Park, which is located due west of Adel, Georgia about 6 miles or so. Reed Bingham is owned by the State of Georgia. It is a rather small size park but a very nice and well maintained park.
While there we came across this Great Blue Heron stalking something in the grass around a small pond, which was landlocked away from the main lake about 40 or 50 yards. We slowly walked toward it hoping to get close without disturbing it and, hopefully, capture a few good images of it. All of a sudden it lunged forward to grab something from the high grass around the pond's edge . What it came up with surprised the heck out of us, which was a rather long snake. The Great Blue had grabbed the snake just behind the snake's head and started shaking it about as if trying to kill it we guessed. Of course, we started shooting right away.
Long story short. This went on for about 30 minutes. We watched this heron do everything from shaking this snake to stepping on part of it body and pulling on its head as hard as it could as if trying to break it in half...anything to kill the snake. Finally, the heron did kill the snake and swallowed it whole, then flew off.
I, Bill, captured this image using my old Nikon D7200 camera with a Sigma 150-600mm Lens.
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Bill and Deb Hayes
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July 13th, 2018
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Comments (26)
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in 500 Views Share Group & Shared:-)
Morris Finkelstein
Stunning close up photograph of a Great Blue Heron with a snake, with great pose, colors, light, processing, and composition, Bill and Deb! Beautiful work! F/L
Donna Kennedy
Fantastic and unique capture Bill and Deb, didn't know they eat snakes!!! That was a BIG lunch!!...like/tweet
DB Hayes replied:
Thank you for your visit Donna and believe me, it was a surprise for us too when it came up with that snake.
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
Lovely mood with the textures Bill and Deb! We added our Like. Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
DB Hayes replied:
Thank you Dave & Debra. We very much appreciate your visit, compliment and the "like".
Anita Faye
Bill and Deb, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Wes Iversen
What a stunning occurrence that must have been to witness! Wow! And you took great advantage of the situation with an outstanding capture and presentation, Bill! Not only is your subject with its catch wonderfully detailed, but the textures of the grass contrast wonderfully against the soft tones of the background! L/F
DB Hayes replied:
Thank you very much Wes for that awesome compliment. It was without doubt worth the wait to see it through. Thanks again. Bill & Deb
Karen Beasley
Wow! Stunning image and description. LF
DB Hayes replied:
Thank you very much Karen. WE very much appreciate your visit and compliment. Bill & Deb
Don Columbus
Congratulations Bill and Deb, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Judy Vincent
Amazing capture! I bet that was awesome to watch the hunt and the kill! Well done!
DB Hayes replied:
It was Judy. This was our first time seeing a Great Blue Heron going after a snake for a meal. It truly surprised the heck out of us. Never would have we thought this bird capable of killing a snake that large then swallowing it whole but it did. Thank you for the compliment, visit and the feature in your art group USA Photographers ONLY. WE very much appreciate it. Bill & Deb
David Neace
Congratulations, your work is featured on the homepage of "Created by Southern Artists"
DB Hayes replied:
Thank you David very much for this honor, for which, we are very appreciative. Bill & Deb
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