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Waiting for mum

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Posted by Barrie Courtenay on April 4, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Waiting for mum
Went down my local lake where I watched the Herons building their nest's not that long ago,and today all chicks are well and truly hatched

Canon 40d,Sigma 300mm~800mm+1.4 extender,iso 500,800th sec@f6.3+crop to get rid twigs etc
Posted by Major Gilbert on April 4, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Made me smile when I saw this.
Ugly B,s are they not. Nice one. :toast:

Major.
Posted by John Chapman on April 4, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Also made me smile as well Barrie well caught.
John :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 4, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Very prehistoric

Dave :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on April 4, 2008 at 4:35 PM
As Dave said; god they are ugly :wink: Very nice tough Barrie!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Dave Bartlett on April 4, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Nice image, but boy are they ugly!! Pterodactyls on UKNP !

Dave
Posted by David Kjaer on April 4, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Hi Barrie

Made me :smile: too - I like it!

David :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 4, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Faces only a mother could love - Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee - big smile factor, nice shot Barrie :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 4, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Hi Barrie,

:biggrin: Superb capture!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 5, 2008 at 3:07 AM
I guess their mum thinks they're beautiful :biggrin: .
Fun shot.

Tim
Posted by eric weight on April 7, 2008 at 1:03 PM
They're pretty weird birds altogether really even when they grow up. One minute they are all poise and control, then something goes wrong and all they're extremities end up tied in knots. This picture really sums herons up for me.
:toast: :toast: Eric