Flight
A Blue Heron taking off into the sunset. Taken in Fort Walton Beach Florida. This picture almost looks prehistoric! This shot truly was about being at the right place at the right time.
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Jan Landers
awesome, wonderful shot!!! great timing and what an amazing sky!!! very nice!
velveteagle
Oh this is great.. Just a perfect moment Janet..
LegalAlien
amazing! goes to my favorites
Natalie Broome
Wow! What a fantastic photo! You’ve really captured the moment, great work!
Heather Rivet...
standing
Franklin Lindsey
Beautiful portrait Janet of this “Great Blue Heron”, silhouetted by the sun….
awoni
This is just stunning! Perfect capture!
Marvin Collins
Excellent capture!!
papam
Magic composition. Very impressive!
Holly Werner
Excellent capture!!
fernando
Bravo!
lallymac
Stunning shot!!
wellman
looks like a dinosaur! – stunning lighting and capture
Phil Threlfall
Jeepers, this be good
Claire Armistead
An amazing capture x
Basia McAuley
WOW!!! Love it!
howardtaylor
great capture
dinghysailor1
we have herons here on the Tweed river in Scotland and you are exactly right – they seem prehistoric right down to the noise they make! this is a superb capture – absolutely awesome!
Ken Fortie
Incredible color, incredible shot!
Heather Hartkamp
What a stunning image Janet – lucky you being there to capture it.
KEITH R. WILL...
very beautiful
John De Bord P...
You must be kidding me! If this doesn’t belong on the dang cover of NG then I don’t know what the heck does! I am just floored!
David Friederich
This is so good. I take lots of pics of blue herons. This image is spectacular.
Emoto
Absolutely brilliant
Periwinkle
He really does look a bit prehistoric. What a wonderful shot. I can actually see the sun’s glow on his wing to the right.
Leslie Battjes
Wow! This really does have a prehistoric look to it. What amazing birds…I’m always in awe when I see one.
Julie Thomas
Wow!! awesome shot and composition
Jacky
Yes..could easely be some prehistoric raptor:)) perfect timing and absolutely gorgeous !!
JRScalzo
What a spectacular composition. Love the silhouette.
Daniel Doyle
Perfect silhouette, nice capture, thank you for sharing. LOL…............ ;0)
John Edwards
Simply superb
C J Hummel - ...
beautiful shot.
Gosh the silhouette makes the bird look jurassic
Steve Chapple
Wow. Stunning light and silhouette, and your right looks so prehistoric!
Kenny Gulley Jr.
what a shot
eddiepark
Better than beautiful!
Patricia Gibson
Excellent capture, amazing colour!!!
Carole Felmy
superb… what a great capture ! :)
Ingz
absolutely fabulous!
easternHeroes
wonderful shot! :)
Brendan Schoon
WOW, amazing silhouette! Great timing and the colors are perfect!! Very well done.
Brendan
Phil Deaves
A great image…super silohuette….and a very strong background…wonderful capture.
Jason Connolly
fantastic image, well done…
bill oneil
WOW…magical silhouette.
Smudger
your photography is absolutley world class
Janet Fikar replied
Steve, thank you so much for your comment. People like you inspire me to keep shooting.
jinney
-just Majic JANET!
AWESOME SHOT!
-jinney
Janet Fikar replied
Thanks Jinney! It was really a matter of being at the right place at the right time. I’m glad I got the shot.
jinney
Good on you girl!
-jinney
Elana Bailey
Sensational silhouette and capture. Well done. An instant fav.
Paulo Nuno
Impressive,very impressive.
Olga Zvereva
Beautiful! Love the color and silhouette.
ildilazar
Gorgeous capture!
SueAnne
WOW this is just amazing, you sure in the right place at the right time….
Isa Rodriguez
super wonder of nature!.. awesome silhouette!!
Janet Fikar replied
Thank you so much for your kind comment.
kathy s gillen...
oustanding image
CynLynn
amazing image!! congratulations on your challenge win!! well deserved!!
Janet Fikar replied
Thank you so much for commenting!! It makes my day.
kathy s gillen...
Congratulations for winning the Silhouette challenge in Florida the sunshine state . Very well deserved!
Janet Fikar replied
Wow, thank you so much Kathy.
Al Williscroft
Wow very well done!!!
Scott d'Almeida
fabulous
Louise Robinson
Fantastic silouette :) You have some realy lovely work.
Janet Fikar replied
Thank you so much for your kind comments!
Marie Sharp
Janet Fikar replied
Wow, what an honor. Thank you.
David Clarke
Wow, Janet, this is amazing. Stunning shot and perfect silhouette!! Congratulations on the feature!!
Janet Fikar replied
Thanks David. This is one of my favorites.
Vittorio Magal...
no words… wonderful!
Janet Fikar replied
Thank you Vittorio. I lucked out on this one.
Janet Fikar
Thank you Vittorio. I lucked out on this one.
Martina Fagan
Wow a fantastic silhouette:))
Janet Fikar replied
Thank you for the kind comment!
gerfoy3
Stunning….Well Done..
AngelPhotozzz
LoL thats exactly what I was going to say it almost looks prehistoric lol..but an awsome capture for sure lol!!
starikarp
fantastic capture!
AngelaFoster
a really beautiful capture and colours
catfriendly
Wow breathtaking photo!!!
Janet Fikar replied
Thanks for stopping by. I guess you can say I was at the right place at the right time.
Jaxybelle 28 days ago
Simply stunning.
Marie Sharp 17 days ago
nikmd 9 days ago
absolutely lovely work!!!!
Janet Fikar replied 7 days ago
Thank you for the nice comment!
Simone Byrne 7 days ago
Wow, incredible image!
Janet Fikar replied 7 days ago
Simone, thanks for taking a look. This is one of my favorites.
Svetlana Sewell 4 days ago
Wonderful work!
dinghysailor1 3 days ago
love this so much! prehistoric is the word for these wonderful creatures
they even sound primeval as fly past…
:))
Janet Fikar replied 3 days ago
Thank you for your kind comment. This is one of my favorites.
dinghysailor1 3 days ago
oops sorry have commented twice ! its doubly fantastic!
:)
Martina Fagan 3 days ago
wonderful shot
Janet Fikar replied 3 days ago
This is one of my favorites. Thanks for commenting!
CraigsMom 3 days ago
The tumbnail of this in my feed really grabbed my attention. An instant favorite. A FABULOUS shot!!!!!
Janet Fikar replied 3 days ago
It is eye catching. Thanks for taking a look!
Marilyn Baldey 3 days ago
Good on ya Janet, this is a beauty.
Janet Fikar replied 3 days ago
Thank you for taking a look!!
JennyDean 3 days ago
yahoo, right time right place for sure :)
Ingz 2 days ago
absolutely stunning Janet xxx
Stefan Trenker about 15 hours ago
perfect silhouetting and breathtaking light/colors!
Janet Fikar replied about 15 hours ago
Thank you Stefan. It was a once in a lifetime shot….right place at the right time.