Very nice! A little too tight on the left/bottom, but uncropped...what more can you do?! Well done!
Cracking shot! How annoying is that when they come too close for the long lens.
I'd be very tempted to clone out that long foreground stalk Ian. Looks well doable.
Nice one Ian, looks even closer than the Strumpshaw Bittern
I notice it's 600 only and sooo sharp, i mention this as i've just realised how poor my shots with extenders are since using the 1DS and how sharp they are without.
Gorgeous - still struggling to see on never mind photograph it! Regular sightings by others still doesn't mean I have spotted our local one. So you must have been supremely lucky to get this - no doubt luck caused by research, time out in the field, skill to not mess up the shot in the split second you had... usual type of jammy b**tard luck!
Was this the car park hide at the Moors pools?
Yes it was
I went there for the first time today and saw two large lenses poking from the hide, must have been you two. I saw/captured my first Water Rail. Magnificent shots by the way.
Nice shot Ian. Obviously shame about the framing but who makes a 600 zoom? Well done on the capture.
Was that you asking directions and generally looking lost ? lol
Thanks all, is my second set of shots of a Bittern, but last one i lost the raw files in a hard drive disaster so have been hoping i would see one again
OK I admit it, that was me