Had the opportunity this morning to get up close and personal with one of my fav birds – the Great Blue Heron. This elegant creature was pretty shy – as you would expect from a wild bird – so that’s as close as I could get with a 200mm lens.

Shot at the Chateau Vaudreuil, just west of the Island of Montreal. The center photo is rendered in Photoshop. The two black creatures in the photo on the right could be male and female Loch Ness monsters or they could be two Canada Geese, you choose. Click for full size.