Coming in to land

[Guest Jaybee]

I think this is my first post here - at the very least it will let Elton know I'm still alive

As the arrival of my S3 back from repair centre coincided with the first sunshine we have seen in the NE for the last 100 years (at least) I thought I would take advantage of both events and grab a few shots.

Hope you like this heron shot.

 

Edited March 23, 2006 by Jaybee

[Guest Ferret1959]

Well impressed.

 

 

Not much meat on the legs is there?

[Steve Randles]

Cracking shot Jaybee, nicely stopped..

 

Steve

[TubularBelle]

WOW!!!!

[rabster]

There goes the neighborhood.

 

Now this guy (who happens to be one of my birding/wildlife mentors ) can take photos!

 

Welcome to the photography forum Jaybee, although it looks like you've put the mockers on the weather, bloody Jonah.

[Guest Jaybee]

Welcome to the photography forum Jaybee, although it looks like you've put the mockers on the weather, bloody Jonah.

I was all set to toddle off to Cliff top pond (Cliff top as in at the top of the cliffs rather than on top of Cliff ) with my hide at 5am ish this morning to try and catch a heron that apparently has visited there all week, but as per normal it's chucking it down.

Edited March 24, 2006 by Jaybee

[Elton]

I think this is my first post here - at the very least it will let Elton know I'm still alive

 

LOL Thought about you yesterday, actually. My mobile rang and it was an 0191 number. You're the only person I could think of in that area, but it ended up being titan

 

Cracking photo.....but then I wouldn't expect any less from you!

[Steve Burke]

Wow and double wow!

 

We've had some really great shots on this forum but that's one of the best wildlife photos I've ever seen! Beautifully sharp, well-exposed and a nice composition to boot.

 

Jaybee, please do tell us more about how you got the shot.

[Guest Jaybee]

Jaybee, please do tell us more about how you got the shot.

Nothing really special involved Steve.

The shot was taken at a local heronry.

I'd spend a couple of hours at the edge of a reed bed waiting for a heron to land and start stalking - shots of which I only have from severe distance.

Nothing doing, so I simply turned my attention on the herons in the tree tops behind me.

I set up amongst the scrub, dug myself in under my camo netting and just fired off shots as herons flew into tree tops.

This is one shot from a series of 4 as the bird came in to land.

Taken with a tamron 200-500di zoomed to 500 + tamron 1.4 convertor.

ISO 200, 1/1000th at f.6.3 +0.5 compensation

Camera was set to continuous mode.

Picked bird up early and just tracked him in.

Pretty basic really.

You just get lucky sometimes.

[PatrickLeigh]

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