Guardian of the Lock

This was the first time I've seen the heron in this location - right at the entrance to the lock - his attention must have been taken by the incoming barge - never minded me being there. http://365project.org/milaniet/2013-extras/2016-01-27">

[KWind]

Wonderful close up. Very clear and detailed.

[Brian]

Ohh that's great.

[Kerry McCarthy]

Great catch! So nice when they let you get some shots.

[Janet B.]

Perched there like a statue! I love the beautiful clarity of the heron in front of the hazy background. You captured wonderful details!

[tommykeith]

Th heron looks so intent on something! Finding food? Very nice get!

[Joanna kate]

Lovely clear shot

[Gayle Sears]

Great shot. I really like his markings and the detail.

[Brett]

Stoic!

[gloria jones]

Super capture, Milanie

[Daisy Miller]

Beautiful capture. Great details.

[Gayle]

Fantastic shot! Love all the feather details and the great background!

[Peter Grave]

Lovely capture.

[Mary Beth O'Sullivan]

Great photograph! He really stands out! No pun intended! =)

[Gena Pegg]

Fantastic....

[Rick]

Looks like it might be cold. awesome shot.

[Lois]

Fantastic shot!

[Jane Pittenger]

Great dof

[Rosie Kerr]

Lovely, how you have him standing like a lone soldier, keeping watch. Really super shot.

[Martin Jalkotzy]

Love the DOF, clean and simple!

[mzbull]

Nice perch shot

[PTP: Past their Prime]

Wonderful, we don't see many Herons here, well caught!

[Karen Mitchell]

He's so fabulous... just perfectly still and solid. Great

[Shari]

Too funny. You could have photo-shopped the barge in your second picture because, like you said, he didn't move a muscle!

[Issi Bannerman]

Lovely!

[SnapHappyJules]

Awesome capture... we been trying to capture one of these guys for a while now but the ones by us seem to like hiding...

[Wylie]

beautiful shot. fav.

[sally agnew]

Lovely detail :)

[Joan Robillard]

Great shot.

[Allison Maltese]

Fabulous shot. Excellent detail and perfect DOF to pop it of the background. FAV.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot.

[Margaret Brown]

Love your focus and capture, fav

[Ann Williams]

A beautiful fav. Love it.

[Tracy H Hale]

wonderful shot, lighting, detail, background.....everything!

[Rick Schies]

Love that pose

[Muriel]

Beautiful capture. Heron looks great with his matching background.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

He stands out beautifully from the lighter tones of the background and the details are great. Lovely capture.

[Islandgirl]

I love this shot with the blurred background!

[Only Looking]

A great shot :-) fav