This is from 2008. If I were to process it today I would probably crop and...

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:52:21 GMT

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
from above and swim into these apparently safe shadow areas. And then the heron strikes!

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
simply a poor fisherman.

Photo by mramshaw

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This is from 2008. If I were to process it today I would probably crop and...