This is from 2008. If I were to process it today I would probably crop and process it differently.
I was using a not great camera at the time, its deficiencies are not too evident here. Herons are tricky, if you spook them they make a horrible croaking cry of protest - and fly off. So I was quite glad to be able to hang with this guy. Their colours are very muted and the sky was heavily overcast - ideal conditions. The juveniles also have some attractive rusty brown around their shoulders. Herons have an interesting trick where they 'shadow' the water. Fish feel safer with protection I remember there was a fisherman complaining about the poor fishing. I pointed out the Barrow's Golden-Eye, heron, seals, and other fishermen - and suggested he was |
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