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busterboy
27-05-2007, 08:42
I have waited a long time to get one of these fine birds in my gallery.

Yesterday proved successful with the 500mm..:)

1.
http://www.zen118613.zen.co.uk/birds/heron/heron=1.jpg

2.
http://www.zen118613.zen.co.uk/birds/heron/heron.jpg
CT
27-05-2007, 09:02
Well done Tim. I was hoping to get to Sandwell Valley reserve today which is quite local for me and has lots of Herons, but the weather here is dreadful. :(
PaulBoy
27-05-2007, 09:12
Great shots BB - Still on my wishlist :bang: - I saw two at my local lake yesterday but they stayed on the far side which isn't accessable to the public or in range of my titchy 300mm :embarrassed: - one day :cuckoo:
Paul ;)
busterboy
27-05-2007, 09:15
These were taken just next door to Renee's house so I hadn't got far to go..:)
..MD..
27-05-2007, 10:12
nice one BB .
i must go get me one of these im feeling left out. everyones getting them latley.

tfs
busterboy
27-05-2007, 10:14
nice one BB .
i must go get me one of these im feeling left out. everyones getting them latley.

tfs

That's how I felt until yesterday Dave. Thanks for the comments..:)
Buttkicker
27-05-2007, 10:19
Yep
I got one as well a couple of weeks ago
http://eventphotographer.smugmug.com/photos/150010352-L.jpg
IanC_UK
27-05-2007, 11:33
nice Tim :) i have a few im quite happy with now, but can always get better :)
Jonnyreb
27-05-2007, 11:35
Second one is a cracker mate :thumbs:
Ewan
27-05-2007, 12:40
Love the first shot! The reeds and the water look great in the first too :D
Richard Peters
27-05-2007, 15:14
Ah the heron...my nemisis! lol. I have loads of shots of these as they are the most common large bird in my area so see them a lot. Sometimes too close to fill the frame at 200mm and other times so scared they won't come within 100 meters of me, strange birds! lol

A couple of my favourite shots, two young and mummy at the nest:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/richardmpeters/heron_young.jpg

Not the best angle but was the only one I could get. I have more magnification than when I took this a few years back so may have to try again.

And this, one taken from my film days before I was really in to photography in a big way...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/richardmpeters/heron.jpg
moomike
27-05-2007, 15:37
2nd shot for me too Tim, excellent capture with a real sense of motion :clap:
Could possibly do with a tiny bit more space to the right of frame to fly into (easy photoshop fix, but only if I'm being really picky though). Both are great shots but the 2nd... :clap:
Nice shots too from everyone else that has contributed.