‘Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge’ is about those photos we take which really don’t seem to fit into a common category, but we just can’t hit delete because they have about them a certain odd ball quality which we rather like.
Great Blue Herons are really wonderful to watch. They have such poise and are so graceful in flight. I had to laugh at this one who decided to investigate the neighbour’s patio across the water. He hopped up onto the barbecue, and then just launched himself across to the table.
He then stepped onto the back of the chair and jumped back again. Very ‘odd ball’ behaviour indeed. I think that the bright sunlight and the reflections in the window give this last photo especially, a kind of bizarrely ethereal odd ball quality?
Hope your week is going well. I’m off to the dentist this morning to get a naughty tooth fixed.
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Beautiful.
Thanks, Kalyen. 🙂
Maybe you can start a heron acrobats show. I’d totally buy that ticket only if you follow along the heron’s every move. 🙂 I kid, I kid.
The other acrobatic moves here is the picture-taker. Such finesse. 😀
Thanks, Rommel. I could never hope to be so graceful. 🙂
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I sure hope you have a terrific week.
Thanks so much, Cee. You’ve made my day. 🙂 x
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Love this catch of yours! I’m so happy I managed to see it. Catching up isn’t always easy! 😉
What a handsome odd ball! His antics remind me of the Reddish Egret at the salt marsh – very entertaining. And great shots!
Thanks, Helen. Yes, I remember your hilarious photos. 😆
Great captured GBH antics, Sylvia!
Thanks so much, Donna. 🙂
Too funny! Did you set up a trampoline for them to play with? 😉
Hahaha. That could have been fun to watch. 🙂
Wow! Great photography Sylvia and what a beaut 🙂 Hope all went well at the dentist… xx
Thanks, Sherri. Mr. GBH is always so gorgeous. Dentist was fine. I just needed a blob of glue. 😆
🙂 xx
who knew????
thanks for the smile with this one S
Haha Glad I made you smile, Yvette. 🙂
🙂 – you often do – have a nice Friday S
che incantevole danza le ali di questo airone cinerino! ma quanto ospiti bellissimi nella tua casa zoo 🙂
Thanks so much, Annalisa. He’s a really graceful dancer. 🙂 xx
This made me stop and wonder if GBH’s get “claustrophobic?” The repetitive behavior was amusing and gorgeous captures by you, Sylvia. I am one who worries and also likes to solve puzzles. I really would have wished to have a video camcorder.
This was an amazing and unique pair of photos, Sylvia! 🙂
Perfect moment Sylvia, fantastic photo shot!
Thanks, DellaAnna. 🙂
Danke dir lieb ich wünsche einen schönen Tag tolle Fotos lieber Gruß von mir und alles liebe Gislinde
Thanks so much, Gislinde. 🙂 xx
I agree, Sylvia, that is very odd behavior for a Great Blue Heron. They normally do not come in that close. And your second picture is awesome!! What an incredibly creative capture. Great job!! ❤
Thanks so much, AmyRose. I was amazed when I saw the photo. I know you have that same feeling when you see some of the images that your camera has captured. 🙂 x
I sure do. I ask many times …. HOW did I do that? LOL
Amazingly oddball……love it.
Thanks so much. 🙂
Stunning
Thanks, Derrick. 🙂
So amazing that he was right there on the chair! Glad you had the camera handy 🙂
Yes, it was such fun to watch him. 🙂
What a great set of shots! The first one is funny because of the contorted shape you caught. The second looks like a painting. Very cool!
I spent two hours in the park yesterday in beautifully warm weather and “my” heron was back, high in the dead tree where he and other fishing birds love to hang out. I was on the other side of the river, but I had my Nikon and telephoto, so I should have gotten some good shots. It was fun to be able to watch through the lens, too, since I never think to take binoculars.
Thanks, Janet. Two hours of watching birds in the park on a fine day, sounds like time well spent. 🙂
Good for my soul. I didn’t just watch birds, but also spotted three very shy does and much too much trash. 😦
With the screen in front, the pictures look like painting on fabric. Cool!
Yes it does. Thanks so much, YC. Glad you liked this. 🙂
I love the second picture – it looks surreal (or like a painting). Fantastic! 🙂
Thanks, Dianne. It is a very dreamlike image, isn’t it. Very odd ball though. 😀
Very special Photos
Thanks, Marylou. 🙂
I love the way a photo can catch a moment of movement…the blue Heron mid flight. He looks like a ghost in the second photo.
Thanks, Gerrie. Yes he does. 🙂
Sylvia we are birds of a feather! Dentist for me today too. These photos are the perfect oddball. Must have been fun to watch him.
Well I hope your dentist visit was as painless as mine, Sue. 🙂 Yes it was really fun to watch the heron dancing back and forth. He didn’t seem to be able to make up his mind what he wanted to do. 🙂
Yes dentistry has come a long way I must say. A crown in 2 hours and no pain. Really unbelievable.
That’s really wonderful, Your Majesty. 😆
great shots
Thank you so much. 🙂
Maybe the heron was honing his dance steps, Sylvia?! Fun photos!
Thanks for your fun comment, Tom. He looks quite nimble-footed. 🙂
Definitely odd ball, he must have been very confused. Hope the tooth is sorted!
Thanks, Gilly. He didn’t seem to know whether he was Arthur or Martha. 🙂 Tooth sorted no problem. I can smile again, except at the cost. 😀
Such fun photos, Sylvia!
Thanks, Carol. 🙂
it might be odd behaviour, but your photos are stunning!
Thanks so much, Aletta. 🙂
Le héron au long bec, emmanché d’un long cou.
The heron with a long beak on top of a long neck.
(La fontaine) Doesn’t quite come up well in english.
Nice shots.
Thanks, Brian. I love the French language.
Avec plaisir… 😉
Sylvia, what cool photos for this week. Wonderful humor too.
Thanks so much, Cee. Glad you liked these. 🙂
Quirkily good Sylvia 😎
Thanks, Val. Glad you enjoyed. 🙂
Very athletic fellow, seems very fond of the attention… 😀
Very well captured, Sylvia… 🙂
I think so too, Drake. Thanks so much. 🙂
the second photo is awesome, while being such an “oddball” thing for the Heron to do?
Thanks, Heather. 🙂
Interesting shots of that heron’s workout regime.
Thanks, Nancy. 🙂
awesome captures, Sylvia! herons are innately graceful even in odd flights 🙂 good luck with your dentist! 🙂
Thanks so much, Lola. I love to watch the herons here. 🙂
I don’t have to worry about herons where I live. It’s my kids who put their feet on the back of the chairs.
Hehehe Oh yes, that’s what kids do best. 🙂
Looks like he’s doing his morning workout. Great shot! Good luck at the dentist, Sylvia. I was there last week after my crown popped out while flossing. 😦
Thanks so much, Jill. Mine is a similar problem. 🙂
More than likely they’ll just glue it back on. 🙂
That’s what I’m hoping for. 😀
Your takes are spectacular!
I’d never seen something similar before….
Thanks so much, Anna. Glad you enjoyed seeing these. 🙂
I’m guessing he probably sang a tune while he was at it too lol
Haha. I wonder which one. I remember a kids’ song called “jumping up and down like this.” 😀
Or singing in the rain a la heron 😂
Great capture S- good luck at the Dentist. xx
Thanks, Cheryl. 🙂 xx
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Gosh, those are odd ball and excellent. It’s like they just love to do antics and pose for your! Must be that naughty tooth gleaming when you smile. A little sparkle glints, and the birds start to act up. Hope your tooth feels better fast, Sylvia! 🙂
Thanks so much, Marsha. My animal circus love to be photographed and it seems, vie for my attention. 🙂 My tooth doesn’t hurt at all. It’s just a cosmetic procedure.
Like you need to be more beautiful! Are you adding a diamond implant to one of your front teeth? You WILL have the sparkly gleam! 🙂
Hehehe Now there’s a great idea. My grandmother had a solid gold tooth right in the front. It looked most odd. 😆
I really see you more with diamonds. My grandmother had gold around at least one of her front teeth. Looked pretty cool, but then Grandma was pretty anyway.
How well you know me, Marsha. Diamonds are a girls best friend, closely followed by rubies. 😛
Amazing isn’t it? That we know each other, and fairly well!
Your second picture is quite something, Sylvia – beautiful, yet strange.
Thanks, Hariod. I’m so glad you also like this photo. 🙂