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These guys spend a lot of time way out in the salt marsh, I don't get this close as often as I'd like. The heron was hunting little crabs and shrimp. The spread wings pose is typical, the shade created helps the heron see through the surface glare. It was very cloudy, sea fog starting in. I set the saturation on high, it is easier to desaturate a bit than to replace color not in the image. I'm never as pleased with the result, full sunlight can't be beat. The lake is surrounded by houses, the colors reflect on the...

We used to call these Louisiana Herons, it brought to mind dark, cypress shaded sloughs, spicy crawdads boiling in a pot, and home made, foot stomping, butt kicking music. NOLA ain't all of Louisiana! Now, we are supposed to call them Tricolor Herons.

First section of Tricolor raised The stern, weighing 3,000 tons, is the first section to be raised The first section of a freight ship which sank in the English Channel last year has been raised to the surface.The 190 metre-long Tricolor has been a major obstacle to shipping in the Channel since it sank about 30 miles off Kent in December. The 20,000 ton ship was carrying a cargo of luxury cars when it sank after colliding with the container ship Kariba. Click here to see a graphic showing how the Tricolor will be raised It is being raised in...

  Tricolor is lying on its side SHIP HITS TRICOLOR AGAIN A ship carrying 70,000 tonnes of highly flammable gas oil has crashed into the submerged car transporter which sank in the English Channel. French coastguards are trying to rescue the crew of The Vicky - which is stuck on top of the the submerged Tricolor.The Tricolor was carrying 2,862 BMWs, Volvos and Saabs worth an estimated £30m when it sank off the French port of Dunkirk two weeks ago after colliding with the container ship Kariba in thick fog.The submerged wreck of the Tricolor, which was left lying on its...