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Among the Palms
Photographer: Mark Noll
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I was fortunate to be able to visit Oxnard, California in February 2026 for several weeks to escape the cold Chicago winter and play some beach volleyball. I took my camera out several evenings to a beachside park lined with palm trees, where I consistently found a lone great blue heron intently focused on the grass. A passerby told me that it had used this area for years as a hunting ground for gophers. I captured this silhouette one evening several minutes after sunset on my way back from the beach.
1/6400 • f/1.4 • ISO 64 • Nikon Z8 • 85mm • Sigma 85mm F1.4 DG DN Art
