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Grey Heron calling with young

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Posted by Colin Crowdey on April 14, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Grey Heron calling with young
hello

Spent the weekend at my local heronry, most of the nests have young, between 2-3 each nest, they pop their heads over the nest side occasionally, you have to be quick as at the moment they are quite young and don't stay visible for long.

I was lucky to catch the mum (?) calling at the same time. This is about 85% of full frame

techs,

D3, 300-800mm at 800mm, 1/1000 sec at f6.3 +.7EV ISO 400, tripod and gimbal head

cheers for looking

Colin
Posted by Ray on April 14, 2009 at 11:39 AM
A very nice capture, taken at a very opportune moment. Nice one.

Wish my local colony was so open to photography.
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on April 14, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Nice timing and good to get a peek at the young'un :smile:
Posted by Ian Mason on April 14, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Very nice capture. I can't get close enough at my site. A slightly higher viewing angle would have given a clearer view of the chick.