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TITLE: Bittern on alert stretching head out of reeds
INFO: "A few days on from the previous image. I'd arranged to meet up with some visiting relatives and show them a bit of the Blashford Lakes reserve. I knew I wouldn't be able to do much photography but Murphy's Law states that if one doesn't take a camera something worth photographing will happen, so I thought I'd better take my equipment, even if all I did was carry it around. After meeting in Tern Hide I took them across to the main part of the reserve and we went to the Ivy North Hide on the off-chance of seeing Bittern. The hide was busy and cameras were a-clicking - and, just outside the crowded north window, parading in full view, was a Bittern! - the closest and clearest view I'd ever had!..... I couldn't believe it. I ushered in my relatives and asked them to forgive me while I tried to get a few shots. One of the photographers at the window kindly let me squeeze in beside him to get a few shots. The Bittern was quite unperturbed by the sounds of the cameras and the excited voices coming from the hide, though it was obviously aware of the noise and a bit of movement at the window. It proceeded to move around close by, looking for fish. This shot was taken after a few minutes when the bird lifted its head up, alerted by something other than the occupnts of the hide." February 2012 (Ivy North Hide) TECH: Nikon D700, Nikkor 200-400mm f4 zoom lens at 400mm, ISO 1250, f5.6, 1/750 sec. Lens rested on hide window shelf. Cropped image about 50% of frame (from full-frame FX-format image). |
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