Bittern in flight..........

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9 replies

Posted by Graham Goddard on February 23, 2009 at 1:47 PM

.....well landing actually.

Taken from the Islandmere hide at Minsmere last May.

Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 700 mm
Exposure: -0.25
ISO Speed: 250

Posted by Richard Peters on February 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM

Lovely!! When we were down at Lee Valley a couple of weeks ago I got some shots of the Bittern flying from the reed bed and past me but it was all so unexpected and from a disatnace that none really worked very well. This is great though, lovely to see a different Bittern image

Posted by Mark Wilson on February 23, 2009 at 3:31 PM

I recognise this Graham, looks very good here too

Posted by Matt Cole on February 23, 2009 at 3:47 PM

a nice shot, well captured.

Matt

Posted by Graham Goddard on February 23, 2009 at 5:41 PM

Cheers Guys

Mark - you rumbled me

Posted by Magnus Hird on February 23, 2009 at 5:51 PM

Landing gear fully deployed!
Really like this Graham and the background reeds provide a great setting

Posted by Ray on February 23, 2009 at 6:09 PM

An excellent capture which many would be pleased with. On my monitor the Bittern itself doesn’t look quite right, perhaps a tad over saturated.

Posted by Greg Hitchcock on February 24, 2009 at 4:34 AM

Great capture, I like the 'landing gear deploying' pose.

Greg

Posted by Mark Hamblin on February 24, 2009 at 4:53 AM

Top shot, not at all easy to capture. Well done. Cheers, Mark

Posted by Dawn Monrose on February 24, 2009 at 6:40 AM

Very nice, lovely colours composition. I think it could do with a bit more sharpening on the head of the bittern as it looks a little soft there. But that could just be me seen as no-one else has mentioned it!

I remember seeing my first bittern at Minsmere, it was awesome!

Lovely shot!