Elegance and Beauty of Posing Herons

[dbozkurt]

Could not help but share these with you. Took these yesterday morning on the way to work in Stornoway Harbour. Other than a little sunlight reflection on the beak this Heron was posing in a glorious position with the relection of the Castle Grounds surrounding 'him'. Aren't the grey feathers just beautiful against the Gold.

Just above where this Heron was standing is a Heron's nest, I don't know if its too early to lay, so not sure if this was the male or female.

Hope you enjoy as much as I ddi watching and taking......made myself late for work!

Debs

[FreeLolita]

Wow, very beautiful indeed!!

[JeffH]

Great shots Debs - doesn't seeing something like this on your way to work really set you up for the day

Jeff

[nightshade]

I could have cried there was a beautiful Heron admiring the fish in my pond
It was sat atop my Weeping Birch leaning forward, lit by that strange orangy
light caused by time of day and black clouds
I had my camera and then the Jackdaws buzzed it and drove it off
Lovely images BTW

[dbozkurt]

aaah, maybe it will come back same time tomorrow, I must admit my camera is always around my neck on the way too work....I dread to think what the fisherman think of me tripping over their nets every morning. Good luck for tommorrow

Debs

[Gandalf]

Very nice series of images. Would like to have seen sights like that when travelling to work!

Cheers,

[rlchew]

I would never even reach work if I saw sights like this on the way.

Great shots Debs.

Richard

[dbozkurt]

Originally Posted by rlchew

I would never even reach work if I saw sights like this on the way.

Great shots Debs.

Richard

I must admit I do this every morning and I leave myself an hour for a half an hour walk! Just a little way from the Herons were seals eating fish and popping up to say hello!

Debs

[FreeLolita]

Im incredibly jealous of all of you who actually have a camera!! Im still waiting until I can save enough £££'s to buy a digital one! Trust me, It'll go everywhere with me once I finally get my hands on one Living as a student has one drawback that stands out from the rest - no money!!! lol With what camera were these taken with Debs if you dont mind me asking?
Nightshade im sure you will have lots of great images to come, just be patient with the wildlife and fast on the buttons!! I can understand yr fustration though
I often find I'm late wherever i'm going, I often just stand there and stare at the herons - the people passing think im crazy!!

[dbozkurt]

Originally Posted by FreeLolita

Im incredibly jealous of all of you who actually have a camera!! Im still waiting until I can save enough £££'s to buy a digital one! Trust me, It'll go everywhere with me once I finally get my hands on one Living as a student has one drawback that stands out from the rest - no money!!! lol With what camera were these taken with Debs if you dont mind me asking?
Nightshade im sure you will have lots of great images to come, just be patient with the wildlife and fast on the buttons!! I can understand yr fustration though
I often find I'm late wherever i'm going, I often just stand there and stare at the herons - the people passing think im crazy!!

Its not an expensive one its a Canon Power Shot SI, I bought it because it has a x12 optical zoom and my partner bought me a 1.5x lens to go with it bringing it up to x18. Just right for the bird shots. I llive in a very hard and remote area and would find it difficult to take the shots with tripod etc. and to be honest, I am a bit of a point and take as I don't really understand all the buttons so an expensive camera would be lost on me and I could damage it on the walks I go on. If you are really serious than it would be worth buying an expensive camera like a DSLR and the Lens but for me this one matches my basic ability...it does have a lot of features I just can't use them...

I am off to day to help on a croft on the West Coast of the Island, will take camera with just in case.

Debs